Walt Whitman
model 1885, cast 1895
Sculptor, American, 1865 - 1925
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Armistead Peter III [Caroline Ogden-Jones Peter])
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Dimensions
overall (irregular diameter): 23.5 × 23.18 cm (9 1/4 × 9 1/8 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.3768
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist's step-daughter, Caroline Ogden-Jones Peter [Mrs. Armistead Peter III, 1894-1965], Washington; gift 1958 to the Cocoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1898
Bullet, Emma. "Recent Work of Paul Wayland Bartlett, John Flanagan and Denys Puech in Paris." The Monumental News 10, no. 6 (June 1898): 342-343, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: P / WB 85. / Fondu En / 1895.; lower right along circumference: © [illegible] BARTLETT; around circumference: Walt Whitman