Cast Hand of Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

Unknown American, American

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April 17, 1881

Plaster cast

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Kendall Banning, Class of 1902

29.63.17453

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Sculpture

Research Area

Sculpture

Not on view

Course History

Art History 63.02, Why Are Museums...?, Mary Coffey, Winter 2023

Exhibition History

Fred Wilson, So Much Trouble in the World - Believe It or Not!, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 4-December 11, 2005.

Publication History

Barbara Thompson, Fred Wilson, So Much Trouble in the World - Believe It or Not!, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2005.

Provenance

Kendall Banning (1879-1944), Class of 1902; given to the present collection, 1929.

Catalogue Raisonne

#1144

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