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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Weinman, Robert Alexander,     Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham     Homage -- Dodge, Grenville M.     History -- United States     Occupation -- Political     Occupation -- Law     Landscape -- Celestial     History -- United States     Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs     Relief     Sculpture

Cedar Lawn Lincoln Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Weinman, Robert Alexander, 1915-2003, sculptor. Title:  Cedar Lawn Lincoln Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated June 12, 1955. Medium:  Relief plaque: bronze; Base: pink granite. Dimensions:  Relief plaque: approx. 3 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 ft. 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 7 x 10 x 2 ft. Inscription:  (On relief plaque, incised:) I CANNOT/CONCEIVE HOW/A MAN COULD/LOOK UP INTO/THE HEAVENS/AND SAY THERE IS/NO GOD (Front of base, incised:) The Cedar Lawn/LINCOLN/MEMORIAL unsigned Description:  A relief plaque with Abraham Lincoln standing on the right in proper left profile. He is wearing a lapelled, knee-length jacket, with his proper right hand to his chest. In the upper left corner of the plaque is a radiant half moon, with perhaps a star above it. The lower left of the plaque has an inscription. The relief plaque is mounted on the tall, upright, center section of the base, which is flanked by low-lying, rectangular sections. The center section of the base below the plaque is inscribed. The base includes a lower tier. Subject:  Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Full length Homage -- Dodge, Grenville M. History -- United States -- Railroad Occupation -- Political -- President Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Landscape -- Celestial -- Moon History -- United States -- Westward Expansion Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs Relief Sculpture Owner:  Cedar Lawn Cemetery, 1350 East Pierce Street, Oaklawn Section, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503 Remarks:  Commemorates the work of Abraham Lincoln and General Grenville M. Dodge in making Council Bluffs the focal point of the first transcontinental railroad. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Iowa survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 IA000239   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IA000239 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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