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Object Details artist Volk, L. W. Subject Lincoln, Abraham Notes Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 9 (Sale info: To Be Distributed). Prize No. 9. Marble bust of Abraham Lincoln, from ...
In the late 1870s, banker and art collector William Corcoran commissioned larger-than-life Carrara marble sculptures of some of the world’s best-known artists to decorate the second-story niches ...
A marble sculpture bought for $6 and used as a doorstep could be about to make a fortune. The bust, made by French sculptor Edmé Bouchardon, could make over $3 million at auction after a local ...
“Famous works such as Gutzon Borglum’s bust of Abraham Lincoln in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capital Building. The ceiling of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, is made of Sylacauga marble because ...
Featuring Greek marble from seven different companies with quarries around the country, from Athens to Thassos, the immersive installation features nine marble sculptures made by the designers using ...
Many bronze sculptures made after Rodin’s death based on his models have been sold in recent years. But the majority of marble Rodin pieces are permanent fixtures of prestigious museums.
A pair of Italian gray marble figures face each other in front of the Court Street NE building and are difficult to spot. We tell you why.
Next to the welcome center at the Williston southbound rest area along Interstate 89 stands a curiosity: “Cuarto Torres,” or “Four Towers,” a concrete sculpture made in 1971 by Colombian ...
Also ongoing at the AIC is an exhibition of clay sculptures made by the 18th century Italian master Antonio Canova as preparatory sketches for his famously lifelike marble figures of Pope Clement ...
This Buddha — its head and shoulders the color of translucent flames, its torso pockmarked by wounds, its robes a rich burgundy — is the manifestation of an idea of art that’s both ...