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Object Details
- Artist
- Paul Wayland Bartlett, born New Haven, CT 1865-died Paris, France 1925
- Sitter
- Walt Whitman
- Luce Center Label
- Sculptors often create medals to honor famous individuals, and here we see an image of the poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892), who wrote the classic Leaves of Grass in 1855. Whitman’s work was a landmark in American literature that celebrated the poetry of everyday life in a young and democratic nation. Paul Wayland Bartlett’s irregularly shaped medal is likely a study for a more finished work.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Armistead Peter III
- modeled ca. 1887-1889
- Object number
- 1958.11.24
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture-Relief
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm) diam.
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Dress\accessory\hat
- Portrait male\bust
- Occupation\writer\poet
- Record ID
- saam_1958.11.24
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7e1a9918f-b7fa-4dfb-b07a-3dd3c52d85ca
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