During the unveiling on February 1, 1960, the sculptor was joined
by poet Carl Sandburg, collector Earl H. Hardin, and Senator John S. Cooper
of the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission.Fairbanks Pioneer Bust
in Washington, D.C.
This heroic-sized marble bust by American sculptor Avard
Fairbanks is in the collection at Ford's Theatre where President Lincoln was assassinated
in 1865. Called "Lincoln the Pioneer," it is second in a series of "Four
Ages of Abraham Lincoln" commissioned by Broadcast Music for the
Lincoln sesquicentennial. Each bust in the series measures 21 x 10 x 9 inches
and depicts a different stage in Lincoln's life.
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