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Abraham Lincoln: The Man (Standing Lincoln)

1884–87; reduced 1910; cast 1911
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 762
This statuette is a reduction after Saint-Gaudens’s monument to Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), dedicated in Chicago’s Lincoln Park in 1887. The sculptor based the portrait on Leonard Wells Volk’s life mask (2007.185.2) and on photographs. The likeness was further informed by his subject’s speeches and writings and by Saint-Gaudens’s in-person remembrances. Here, a pensive Lincoln stands in front of the eagle-emblazoned Chair of State, his left foot advanced and his head bowed reflectively.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Abraham Lincoln: The Man (Standing Lincoln)
  • Artist: Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire)
  • Date: 1884–87; reduced 1910; cast 1911
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: 40 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 30 1/4 in. (102.9 x 41.9 x 76.8 cm)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Tyson Family Gift, in memory of Edouard and Ellen Muller; The Beatrice G. Warren and Leila W. Redstone, and Maria DeWitt Jesup Funds; Dorothy and Imre Cholnoky, David Schwartz Foundation Inc., Joanne and Warren Josephy, Annette de la Renta, Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen Ph.D. Foundation, and Felicia Fund Inc. Gifts, 2012
  • Object Number: 2012.14a, b
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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