Abraham Lincoln - Re Located to Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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N 41° 52.620 W 087° 37.320
16T E 448388 N 4636306
A larger than life, seated figure of President Abraham Lincoln. First displayed in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. One of two bronze Abraham Lincoln statues by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens now displayed in Chicago.
Waymark Code: WMKX7Z
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member 8Nuts MotherGoose
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First Displayed in New York 1911. Then San Francisco Expo 1915, eventually arriving at Chicago in 1926

From the Smithsonian Art Inventory site:
"The work was cast a year after the artist's death, exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and then remained in the Museum's storeroom for several years before it was shipped to San Francisco for the exposition in 1915. Finally it was shipped to Chicago where it was stored for another 11 years until its Grant Park setting was established. Gift of John Crerar to South Park Commission." Text Source: (visit link)

Located South of the Chicago Art Institute near Columbus Ave & Van Buren, NW of the Buckingham Fountain, in Grant Park, Chicago, IL.
Original Location: N 40° 46.770 W 073° 57.803

How it was moved: Wheels / Dolly / Truck

Type of move: City to City

Building Status: Public

Related Website: [Web Link]

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