Bust of Abraham Lincoln (Borglum)
Bust of Abraham Lincoln | |
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![]() Bust in Washington, D.C. (2013) | |
Artist | Gutzon Borglum |
Year | 1908 |
Subject | Abraham Lincoln |
Location | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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Marble original sculpture
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Bust_of_Abraham_Lincoln_by_Gutzon_Borglum_cph.3b20231.jpg/170px-Bust_of_Abraham_Lincoln_by_Gutzon_Borglum_cph.3b20231.jpg)
Borglum made the original bust directly from
It stands about 40 in (100 cm) high, weighs about 375 lb (170 kg), and is signed and dated "Gutzon Borglum/1908". The distinctive face of Lincoln, without a beard, emerges from the rough rock, similar in style to sculptures by Michelangelo and Auguste Rodin, and also similar to Borglum's sculptures at Mount Rushmore, which includes a bearded Lincoln. Borglum also made a statue of Seated Lincoln, installed in Newark, New Jersey in 1911.
The sculpture was donated to Congress by the New York financier Eugene Meyer Jr., as recorded on the marble pedestal also designed by Borglum on which the bust was installed in 1911. For many decades it was displayed in United States Capitol rotunda, which still has a standing statue of Lincoln made by Vinnie Ream in 1871. The bust was moved to the crypt below in 1979.[1]
The bust is part of the
Bronze casts
Borglum had intended the marble bust to remain a unique work of art, but a mold was later made which was used to cast several copies in
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "ABRAHAM LINCOLN BUST". Architect of the Capitol. Archived from the original on January 7, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
- ^ Abraham Lincoln bust Archived 2021-01-14 at the Wayback Machine, White House Historical Association
- ^ Abraham Lincoln Bust, East Garden Room Archived 2021-01-14 at the Wayback Machine, White House Historical Association
- ^ Gutzon Borglum, Head of Lincoln Archived 2023-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, Sotheby's, 2 October 2015
External links
Media related to Bust of beardless Abraham Lincoln by Gutzon Borglum at Wikimedia Commons