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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Object Details

Artist

Charles Alston, 1907 - 1977

Sitter

Martin Luther King Jr., 15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968

Provenance

Charles Alston [1907-1977]; purchased NPG 1974

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1970

Object number

NPG.74.36

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© Estate of Charles Alston

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

32 × 24.8 × 21 cm (12 5/8 × 9 3/4 × 8 1/4")
Base: 12.7 × 18.1 × 18.1 cm (5 × 7 1/8 × 7 1/8")

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Martin Luther King Jr.: Male
Martin Luther King Jr.: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader
Martin Luther King Jr.: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister
Martin Luther King Jr.: Nobel Prize
Martin Luther King Jr.: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom
Martin Luther King Jr.: Civilian awards\Congressional Gold Medal
Portrait

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4225bd8a9-721c-4e16-9682-9eeb12226c0d

Record ID

npg_NPG.74.36

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