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Life Mask of Abraham Lincoln

Leonard Wells Volk

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark brown sculpture of a human head facing slightly left, eyes closed. The sculpture depicts an older man with deep wrinkles on forehead, between eyebrows, and around mouth. The hair is depicted as thinning and receding. Ears are partially visible on the sides. Mouth is closed with thin lips. The background is a gradient from dark gray at the top to light gray at the bottom. A shadow is cast to the right of the sculpture.

Artwork details

Date:
1860, cast 1886
Medium:
Bronze
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
482 × 624 px
Museum record:
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