Walt Whitman (1819-1892), (sculpture).

Walt Whitman (1819-1892), (sculpture).

Juszko, Jeno, 1880-1954, sculptor.

Metal Products Manufacturing Company, founder.

Walt Whitman (1819-1892), (sculpture).

Sculpture: bronze, copper and bronze colored patina; Base: wood.

Sculpture: Diam. 7 in. x D. 1 in. (17.8 x 2.5 cm); Base: 12 x 9 1/2 x 1/2 in. (30.5 x 24.1 x 1.3 cm).

(Signed lower left front:) J. Jusko (Inscribed lower right front:) Walt / Whitman (Foundry mark on front in relief, lower center:) METAL PRODUCTS MFG. CO. INC. NY 19 (copyright symbol)13 M.P.M.CO. Founder's mark appears.

Portrait male -- Whitman, Walt -- Bust

Occupation -- Writer -- Poet

Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Collection of American Literature, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 Accession Number: 1980.313

Gift of Van Sinderen, Adrian,

Yale University Art Gallery, 1988.

Freedman, Paula B. and Robin Jaffee Frank, "A Checklist of American Sculpture at Yale University," New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992.

Freedman, Paula B., "A Checklist of American Sculpture at Yale University," New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992, pg. 91.

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