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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Bachman, Max,     Saint-Gaudens, Augustus,     T. F. McGann & Sons Company,     Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham     Occupation -- Political     Occupation -- Law     Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis     Copy     Sculpture

Abraham Lincoln, (sculpture). Artist:  Bachman, Max, 1862-1921, sculptor. Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907, sculptor. (copy after) T. F. McGann & Sons Company, founder. Title:  Abraham Lincoln, (sculpture). Dates:  1929. Installed 1929. Dedicated May 25, 1930. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 8 x 4 x 4 ft. Inscription:  (On self base:) T. F. McGann and Sons, Co. FDY/Boston, MA (Incised on base:) ABRAHAM/LINCOLN unsigned Founder's mark appears. Description:  Standing figure of Abraham Lincoln wearing period clothes, including long coat, vest and bow-tie. His proper left hand grasps his lapel. Subject:  Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- President Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis Copy Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Arts Commission, 350 South 5th Street, City Hall, Room 200, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 Located Victory Memorial Drive, 44th & Xerxes Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota Remarks:  Gift of the Minneapolis units of the Grand Army of the Republic. The book "Lincoln in Marble and Bronze" states that head is by Bachman and the body by Saint-Gaudens. An attached survey form from the Minneapolis Arts Commission states that the figure is a copy after Saint-Gaudens. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Bullard, Frederic Lauriston, "Lincoln in Marble and Bronze," New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1952, pg. 202. 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 MN000164   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000164 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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