Duncan P. Ferguson
Duncan P. Ferguson (born January 1, 1901 in Shanghai , † April 29, 1974 in Santa Monica ) was an American sculptor.
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Ferguson was a son of the theologian and university founder John Calvin Ferguson (1866-1945). He began sculpting in the mid-1920s, teaching it at Louisiana State University in the 1930s . In the 1940s he joined the US Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party . In 1943 he created a bust of Leon Trotsky , and he spent 1944 on behalf of the party in Mexico to support Trotsky's widow Natalia Sedova .
Ferguson died in California in 1974 after a long illness. His written papers are in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington .
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| SURNAME | Ferguson, Duncan P. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shanghai |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1974 |
| Place of death | Santa Monica |