Building America: The Wolf Family Collection
Building America: The Wolf Family Collection
George Edwin Bissell
Abraham Lincoln Standing Figure
Auction Closed
April 21, 08:50 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
George Edwin Bissell
1839 - 1920
Abraham Lincoln Standing Figure
inscribed Geo E Bissell and Copyright / 1898 (on the base); stamped GORHAM MFG. CO. FOUNDERS (along the base)
bronze
16¼ in. (41.3 cm.) high
Conceived in 1898.
Graham Gallery, New York
Wolf Family Collection No. 0885M (acquired from the above on March 18, 1987)
Wolf Family Collection No. 0885M (acquired from the above on March 18, 1987)
Here, Lincoln is holding a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation in his proper right hand.