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Artist |
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Title |
Abraham Lincoln |
Date |
1869 |
Medium |
oil on canvas |
Dimensions |
187.3 × 141.3 cm (73.7 × 55.6 in) |
Current location |
White House Collection |
State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C, United States |
Notes |
Source of Scholar's Notes: Kloss, William, et al. Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride. Washington, D.C.: The White House Historical Association, 2008: "[The artist paints the president in a] listening, absorbed pose. ". . . [T]he figure is pulled forward from the murky olive-gray background by the sculptural modeling, the concentration of light upon hands and face, the lack of competing accessories. . . . Healy molds [the chair] to the President's body and turns the gilt wood and red brocade into a perfect foil for the strongly projected figure. . . . "The portrait was painted in Paris and sent to Washington in response to an act of Congress (March 3, 1869) authorizing a Lincoln portrait for the White House." |
Source/Photographer |
White House Historical Association: http://www.whitehousehistory.org/whha_about/whitehouse_collection/whitehouse_collection-art-05.html |
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