Nixon: “I Have Returned”

Richard Nixon (1913—1994) served as President from 1969 until he resigned from office on August 9, 1974, due to his role in the Watergate scandal. In what is thought to be his first sculpture, Oliphant renders Nixon as a three-quarter figure, his shoulders hunched as he raises his arms to make his characteristic double V for victory salute, very likely caricaturing the final AP photograph of Nixon as president on the top step of the presidential helicopter