Bust to be Shown at International Exhibit

Overview

Year:: 1932
Contributor:: Providence Journal (Providence, R.I. : 1920) (publisher); Cianfarani, Aristide Berto (sculptor); Gorham Manufacturing Company (foundry (metalworking plant) )
Genre:: clippings (information artifacts); sculpture (visual works)
Subject:: Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865 > Cianfarani, Aristide Berto > 1895-1960 > Statues
Local ID:: Pr M156ci.1
Extent:: 2 clippings, mounted; 27.9 x 21.5 cm.

Abstract:: Captioned photograph showing Aristide B. Cianfarani at work on his "Head of Lincoln," at the Gorham Manufacturing Company. The sculpture was cast in bronze at the Gorham foundry, and sent to Bologna (Italy) for an international art competition in May 1932. Published in the Providence Sunday Journal, April 10, 1932. A second (undated) clipping, on the reverse of the mount, is entitled "Providence Sculptor Makes Head of Lincoln for Exhibit in Italy; Aristide Cianfarani Develops New Treatment in Bronze Casting to Impart LIfelike Skin Texture on Face of Great Emancipator."

"Bust to be Shown at International Exhibit" (1932). Lincoln Graphics. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:69926/

Lincoln Graphics

Prints in the Lincoln collection are classified by Meserve numbers, and include most of the known photographic images of Lincoln, along with engravings and popular prints by, among other firms, Currier & Ives and Kurz & Allen. There are also …
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