Smithsonian American Art Museum
Daniel Chester French: An American Sculptor
February 11, 1977 – April 10, 1977
Witness the first major retrospective exhibition of one of America's most prolific sculptors of public monuments. Made up of 55 works, the pieces fange from small plaster studies to larger-than-life bronzes. Also on view are photos of his monuments, a film surveying his life, and renderings by architect Henry Bacon with whom he worked.
In Washington, D.C., his works include:
- Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial
- Samuel F. Dupont Memorial Fountain, Dupont Circle
- First Division Monument, south of the Old Executive Office Building, State Place and 17th Street, N.W.
- Thomas Gallaudet Memorial, Gallaudet College
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