MAG Collection - Life Mask and Hands of Abraham Lincoln

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1886
9 3/4 x 8 1/8 x 5 5/8 in. (24.8 x 20.6 x 14.3 cm)

Leonard Wells Volk
American (Wellstown (now Wells), NY, 1828 - 1895, Osceola, WI)

Object Type: Sculpture

Medium and Support: Bronze

Credit Line: Gift of Thomas H. and Marion J. Hawks, by exchange

Accession Number: 1998.37.1-2a-b

Location: Currently on view

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Provenance

James Graham & Sons, New York (dealer); purchased by the Gallery in 1998

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19th century

Abraham Lincoln

men

1800-1900

sculpture

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Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Jennifer A. Gordon. Cast in the Shadow: Models for Public Sculpture in America. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1985.
Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Witness to America's Past: Two Centuries of Collecting by the Massachusetts Historical Society. Boston, MA: Massachustts Historical Society, 1991.
Grant Holcomb, III, ed. Voices in the Gallery: Writers on Art. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2001.
Article Author: Holcomb, Grant. Article Title: Lincoln Bronzes are Major Acquisition. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. MAGazine. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery Issue Date: January-February 1999. Page Number: 5
Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--.
Article Author: Holcomb, Grant. Article Title: Leonard Wells Volk: Life Mask and Hands of Abraham Lincoln. Article Scope: Chapter and reproduction. Marjorie B. Searl, ed. Seeing America: painting and sculpture from the collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2006. Page Number: 67-69
Article Author: Boessl, Henry. Article Title: Untitled. Article Scope: Poetry. Community Voices in the Gallery: a Collection of Writings by Members of our Community Inspired by Works of Art at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2009. Page Number: 70

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3D view 3D view of life mask copied from a bronze at the Smithsonian Institution

Seeing America Inservice Materials from a teacher in-service presentation Spring 2008

Seeing America Chapter on Leonard Wells Volk's Life Mask and Hands of Abraham Lincoln, written by Gallery Director Grant Holcomb.

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