George Washington
Artist After
Jean-Antoine Houdon
(French, 1741 - 1828)
Fabricator
Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island
(founded 1831)
Date1910
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall (sculpture): 79 × 48 × 32 inches (200.66 × 121.92 × 81.28 cm)
Part (base): 20 × 34 1/2 × 29 inches (50.8 × 87.63 × 73.66 cm)
Part (base): 20 × 34 1/2 × 29 inches (50.8 × 87.63 × 73.66 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-494
On View
Not on viewCollections
Exhibition HistoryN/A
Cast by Gorham Co., New York, 1910;
Purchased by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
John A. Dvorak, “Wanted: good home for famous American,” The Kansas City Times (August 20, 1980): (repro.), as George Washington.
Anne L. Poulet, Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment, exh. cat. (Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2003), 268.
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