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Artwork
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Title |
Artist |
Date |
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Young Lincoln |
Bryant Baker (Sculptor), Gorham
Manufacturing Co. (Founder)
|
Copyright 1935, Dedicated 10/19/1935
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Medium
|
Medium |
Category |
|
Bronze Statue on Engraved Pink
Granite Base
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Statue |
Measurements
|
Unit Measure |
Object Height |
Object Width |
Object Depth |
Object Diameter |
|
Feet |
6.333 |
5.5 |
4 |
N/A |
|
Unit Measure |
Base Height |
Base Width |
Base Depth |
Base Diameter |
|
Feet |
4.25 |
5.5 |
5 |
N/A |
Description
|
Description |
Lincoln is seated on an oak log with an axe at his feet and a book on
his proper right knee. The inscription on the front of the base reads:
"Lincoln, For him her old world moulds aside she threw and choosing
sweet clay from the breast of the unexhausted west, with stuff
untainted shaped a hero new." The inscription on the rear of the base
reads: "Presented to City of Buffalo by and in memory of Louis Spit
miller and Julia Spit miller."
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Biographical Info.
|
Bio. |
It
was the intention of the sculptor to portray Lincoln as he discarded
the axe of manual labor and took up the book of statesmanship. A model of this statue exists at the Marcella Sembrich
Memorial Studio in Bolton Landing, NY. Another model of this statue, located at Forest Lawn Museum in Glendale, California,
was used to develop the color of the patina used in the conservation
of this statue.
|
Location History
|
Location |
Purpose |
Date Verified |
Current Record |
|
Delaware Park, between the Rose Garden and Lincoln Parkway |
Display |
December 2003 |
Yes |
Conservation/Preservation History
|
Treatment Performed by |
Date Completed |
Previous Object Condition |
New Object Condition |
Previous Base Condition |
New Base Condition |
Current Record |
|
Russell-Marti Conservation Services Inc. |
September 2002 |
Good |
Very Good |
Good |
Very Good |
Yes |
|
Russell-Marti Conservation Services Inc. |
September 2000 |
Good |
Very Good |
Good |
Good |
No |
|
Russell-Marti Conservation Services Inc. |
July
1998 |
Good |
Very Good |
Good |
Good |
No |
|
Russell-Marti Conservation Services Inc. |
August 1997 |
Good |
Very Good |
Good |
Good |
No |
|
Russell-Marti Conservation Services Inc. |
September 1996 |
Good |
Very Good |
Good |
Good |
No |
|
Russell-Marti Conservation Services Inc. |
October 1995 |
Good |
Very Good |
Good |
Good |
No |
|
Russell-Marti Conservation Services Inc. |
July
1994 |
Good |
Very Good |
Good |
Good |
No |
|
Russell-Marti Conservation Services Inc. |
October 1993 |
Poor |
Excellent |
Fair |
Good |
No |
Condition Survey History
|
Surveyed By |
Purpose |
Date Completed |
Object
Condition |
Base Condition |
Current Record |
|
University at Buffalo,
School of Architecture and Planning |
Save Outdoor Sculpture
Inventory and Condition Survey |
June 1992 |
Poor |
Fair |
No |
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