Object Details
- Exhibition Label
- In the wake of the first one hundred days of Franklin Roosevelt's administration, which saw the blizzard of legislation designed to pull America out of the Great Depression, sculptor Reuben Nakian came to Washington to portray the chief of the new National Recovery Administration. Shortly afterward, eight other New Deal cabinet members and agency officials agreed that the artists might model them as they worked. An appointment with the busy president, however, could not be arranged, and Nakian worked from photographs to create this image of a vibrant, confident leader.
- Provenance
- Estate of Reuben Nakian; (Zabriskie Gallery), New York; purchased NPG 2006
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Object number
- NPG.2006.5
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Paul S. Nakian
- Artist
- Reuben Nakian, 10 Aug 1897 - 4 Dec 1986
- Sitter
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 30 Jan 1882 - 12 Apr 1945
- Topic
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Male
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Governor\New York
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Politics and Government\President of US
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Politics and Government\State Senator\New York
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Vice-Presidential Candidate
- Portrait
- Medium
- Bronze with integral base
- Dimensions
- With Base: 64.8 x 30.5 x 33cm (25 1/2 x 12 x 13")
- Square base portion: 15.9 x 26 x 19.7cm (6 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 7 3/4")
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Estate of Reuben Nakian
- Type
- Sculpture
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2006.5
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