About the Artwork
Abraham Lincoln
1918
Gutzon Borglum
1867-1941
American
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Marble
Overall: 72 inches (182.9 cm)
Sculpture
American Art before 1950
Gift of Ralph H. Booth
24.6
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
Inscribed, 1918 Inscribed, on pedestal: Abraham Lincoln | 1809 [leaf decoration] 1865 | By Gutzon Borglum | American 1867-1941 | Gift of | Ralph Harman Booth | 1924 | Erected February 12, 1956 | by American citizens of | German ancestry through | the German American | Cultural Center, Detroit
Provenance
Samuel P. Colt, Providence, Rhode Island;Ralph H. Booth;
1924-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA, 6, 1 (1924): (ill.).
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Gutzon Borglum, Abraham Lincoln, 1918, marble. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Ralph H. Booth, 24.6.
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