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    		• Fairbanks, Avard,
     
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    		• Gerding, Louis A.,
     
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    		• Curtis, Clarence,
     
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    		• Fairbanks, Justin,
     
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    		• Fairbanks, David,
     
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    		• Fairbanks, Avard, Jr.,
     
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    		• Bedi-Rassy Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham
     
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    		• Occupation -- Law
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Chicago Lincoln, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Fairbanks, Avard, 1897-1987, sculptor.
    Gerding, Louis A., architect.
    Curtis, Clarence, caster.
    Fairbanks, Justin, assistant.
    Fairbanks, David, assistant.
    Fairbanks, Avard, Jr., assistant.
    Bedi-Rassy Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    The Chicago Lincoln, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Abraham Lincoln, (sculpture).
    Beardless Lincoln, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated October 20, 1956.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: polished pink granite on concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 7 1/2 ft.; Granite base: approx. 58 x 68 x 80 in.; Concrete stepped base: approx. 5 1/2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On sculpture, lower right side:) AVARD FAIRBANKS/SCULPTOR/1956 / American Foundry (On concrete base plaque:) ERECTED 1956 BY THE /STATE OF ILLINOIS/WILLIAM G. STRATTON, GOVERNOR/ABRAHAM LINCOLN/MEMORIAL COMMISSION LEO A. LERNER CHAIRMAN/WILLIAM E. POLLACK VICE CHAIRMAN/PETER J. MILLER SECRETARY/ DEPARTMENT OF PVBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS/E.A. ROSENSTONE, DIRECTOR/DIVISION OF ARCHITECTURE/AN ENGINEERING LOUIS H. GERDING, SUPERVISING ARCHITECT (On front of granite base:) Free Society is not,/and shall not be, a failure/Abraham Lincoln/Chicago Dec. 10, 1856 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Standing Lincoln holding books and his stovepipe hat in his proper left hand and resting his proper right hand on a podium. He is youthful and beardless, as he appeared when he spoke to a Chicago audience on December 10, 1856. He is portrayed here as a symbol of liberty.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Full length
    Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs, Public Art Program, 78 East Washington, Chicago, Illinois 60602
    Located Lincoln Square, Intersection of Lincoln, Lawrence and Western avenues, Chicago, Illinois
    Remarks: 
    This statue was erected by the Illinois Lincoln Memorial Commission. In late 1978, or early 1979, the sculpture was move about fifty feet east of previous location due to street realignments. IAS files contain report by SOS volunteer which details the development of this monument. Included in IAS files are photographs taken in June 1992 before graffiti appeared on the base.
    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, pg. 184.
    Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 218.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Bach, Ira J. and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg.184.
    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 77003000
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