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Life Cast of the Hands and Face of Abraham Lincoln
Leonard Wells Volk · Cast in plaster 1860; cast in bronze by 1888
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist, Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1891.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Chicago Historical Society, long–term loan, Dec. 30, 1930–June 30, 1995.
Literature
Published references
- George Eggers, <em>Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, Paintings, and Drawings: Part I: Architecture and Sculpture</em>, part 1 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1920), 77, cat. 918, as <em>Face and Hands of Abraham Lincoln</em>.
- Lorado Taft, <em>The History of American Sculpture</em> (Macmillan, 1924), 202.
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