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Walt Whitman, (sculpture). Artist:  Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000, sculptor. Title:  Walt Whitman, (sculpture). Dates:  1981. Dedicated Dec. 1985. Medium:  Sculpture: cast bronze; Relief plaque: bronze; Pedestal: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. x 3 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 5 in.; Relief plaque: approx. 3 1/2 ft. x 1 ft. 10 in. x 2 in.; Pedestal: approx. 15 x 3 x 3 ft. Inscription:  Baskin 1981 Kennedy Galleries, Inc, NY, (...illegible) (Plaque on front of base:) Presented by/The Whitman Council/To Their Presidents/Morris Jacobs and Fred Druding/Whose Efforts Helped Make/Whitman Plaza a Reality/December 1985. (Plaque on rear of base:) Walt Whitman/by/Leonard Baskin/Developers/Wilbur B. Breslin &/Henry Hantgan/Redevelopment Authority/of the/City of Philadelphia/1981 Fine Arts Program. signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Head of Walt Whitman mounted on a tall rectangular pedestal. The front of the pedestal has a relief plaque of Whitman standing with mustache and beard, wearing a jacket and vest. A commemorative plaque is set above the relief plaque and another plaque is located on the back of the pedestal. Subject:  Portrait male -- Whitman, Walt Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Occupation -- Writer -- Journalist Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Relief Sculpture Owner:  Whitman Plaza, Entrance, Oregon Avenue between 4th & 5th Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Remarks:  Developed by Wilbur F. Breslin and Henry Hantgan, and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia Fine Arts Program. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. 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 PA000491   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000491 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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