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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

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