"The Greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism, is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and..., (sculpture).

"The Greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism, is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and..., (sculpture).

Hunt, Richard, 1935-2023, sculptor.

"The Greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism, is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and..., (sculpture).

Great Ideas of Western Man Series: The Greatest Obstacle to Being Heroic Is the Doubt Whether One May Not Be Going to Prove One's..., (sculpture).

Cut, formed and welded chromed steel.

32 x 50 5/8 x 33 3/4 in.

Object -- Other -- Wheel

Homage -- Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Allegory -- Quality -- Virtue

Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th & G Streets, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1984.124.122

Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.

National Museum of American Art, 1990.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006.

Perry, Reginia A., "Free Within Ourselves: African American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art," Washington, DC: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1992, pg. 91.

Powell, Richard J. and Virginia M. Mecklenburg, "African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond," Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2012, pg. 135.

Perry, Reginia A., "Free Within Ourselves: African American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art," Washington, DC: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1992, pg. 90.

Powell, Richard J. and Virginia M. Mecklenburg, "African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond," Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2012, pg. 135.

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