Helen Adams Keller

Object Details

Provenance

Artist’s son, Lucio P. Ruotolo [1927-2003]; purchased NPG 1975

Date

1916

Artist

Onorio Ruotolo, 3 Mar 1888 - 18 Dec 1966

Sitter

Helen Adams Keller, 27 Jun 1880 - 1 Jun 1968

Topic

Mask\Life mask

Helen Adams Keller: Female

Helen Adams Keller: Arts & Culture\Literature\Writer

Helen Adams Keller: Arts & Culture\Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer

Helen Adams Keller: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer

Helen Adams Keller: Arts & Culture\Literature\Writer\Novelist

Helen Adams Keller: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Humanitarian

Helen Adams Keller: Arts & Culture\Literature\Writer\Essayist

Helen Adams Keller: Person with a disability\Blind person

Helen Adams Keller: Person with a disability\Deaf person

Helen Adams Keller: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom

Portrait

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Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Object number

NPG.75.16

Type

Sculpture

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Medium

Plaster and paint

Dimensions

Without Base: 27.3 × 21.9 × 18.4 cm (10 3/4 × 8 5/8 × 7 1/4")

Base: 23.2 × 17.8 × 18.4 cm (9 1/8 × 7 × 7 1/4")

With Base: 50.5 × 21.9 × 26.7 cm (19 7/8 × 8 5/8 × 10 1/2")

Record ID

npg_NPG.75.16

Metadata Usage

CC0

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4ce51791e-0d32-4aa2-b7f9-3ba2833b3660