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Abraham Lincoln, (sculpture). Artist:  Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907, sculptor. Title:  Abraham Lincoln, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Seated Lincoln, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast 1908.; Dedicated May 31, 1926. Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Figure: H. 9 ft. Description:  A seated figure of Lincoln with his head lowered as if he were deep in thought. Subject:  Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Full length Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Occupation -- Political -- President Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Located Grant Park, East of Michigan Avenue near Jackson, South Wing of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Remarks:  The work was cast a year after the artist's death, exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and then remained in the Museum's storeroom for several years before it was shipped to San Francisco for the exposition in 1915. Finally it was shipped to Chicago where it was stored for another 11 years until its Grant Park setting was established. Gift of John Crerar to South Park Commission. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Bach, Ira J. and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL0043, 1989. Monumental News, March, 1905; April, 1915. Dupre, Judith, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory," New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2007, pg. 10. Illustration:  Bach, Ira J. and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg.27. Dupre, Judith, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory," New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2007, pg. 10. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 75004317   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75004317 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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