John Jacob Abel Plaque for the Research Corporation, 1925

Not on View

Medium

bakelite

Dimensions

overall: 20.3 × 12.2 × 1.3 cm (8 × 4 13/16 × 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Herbert Adams)

Accession Number

2015.19.3701

Artists / Makers

Herbert Adams (sculptor) American, 1858 - 1945

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Inscription

upper center: TO / JOHN JACOB ABEL / MCMXXV; lower left: H.A. MCMXXV [copyright symbol]; lower center: FOR HIS OUTSTANDING / CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE / FROM THE RESEARCH CORPORATION

Provenance

The artist; by inheritance to his wife, Adeline Adams [1859-1948, née Adeline Valentine Pond], Brooklyn; gift 19 October 1945 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Adams, Herbert
Corcoran Gallery of Art

Exhibition History

1930: Loan for display with permanent collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1930-1945.