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Abraham Lincoln: The Man (Standing Lincoln) by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Abraham Lincoln: The Man (Standing Lincoln)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens · 1884–87; reduced 1910; cast 1911

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Palette

Ash
36% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.0:1
Pewter
22% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1
Charcoal
22% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.0:1
Chalk
9% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 17.8:1
Iron
6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.3:1
Lamp black
5% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.1:1

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Details

Artist
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire
Date
1884–87; reduced 1910; cast 1911
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Size
40 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 30 1/4 in. (102.9 x 41.9 x 76.8 cm)
Place
American
Period
19th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 50, colourfulness 2

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Tyson Family Gift, in memory of Edouard and Ellen Muller; The Beatrice G. Warren and Leila W. Redstone, and Maria DeWitt Jesup Funds; Dorothy and Imre Cholnoky, David Schwartz Foundation Inc., Joanne and Warren Josephy, Annette de la Renta, Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen Ph.D. Foundation, and Felicia Fund Inc. Gifts, 2012. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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