The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Life Mask of Abraham Lincoln

Life Mask of Abraham Lincoln

Artist:: Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire)
Date:: 1860, cast 1886
Medium:: Bronze
Dimensions:: L. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Purchase, Jonathan L. Cohen and Allison B. Morrow Gift and Friends of the American Wing Fund, 2007
Accession Number:: 2007.185.2

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 762

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: COPYRIGHT 1886 BY LEONARD W VOLK THIS CAST WAS MADE FOR R W GILDER - A SUBSCRIBER TO THE FUND FOR THE PURCHASE AND PRESENTATION TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OF THE ORIGINAL MASK MADE IN CHICAGO APRIL 1860 BY LEORNARD W VOLK FROM THE LIVING FACE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. THIS CAST WAS TAKEN FROM THE FIRST REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL IN NEW YORK CITY FEBRUARY 1886
Provenance

Richard Watson Gilder by descent
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