Helen Adams Keller

Object Details

Provenance
Artist’s son, Lucio P. Ruotolo [1927-2003]; purchased NPG 1975
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Date
1916
Object number
NPG.75.16
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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: Literature\Writer
Helen Adams Keller: Education\Educator\Lecturer
Helen Adams Keller: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Social Reformer
Helen Adams Keller: Literature\Writer\Novelist
Helen Adams Keller: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Humanitarian
Helen Adams Keller: Literature\Writer\Essayist
Helen Adams Keller: Society and Social Change\Person with disability\Blind
Helen Adams Keller: Society and Social Change\Person with disability\Deaf
Helen Adams Keller: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Portrait
Medium
Plaster and bronze patina
Dimensions
52.5cm (20 11/16"), Accurate
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Sculpture
Record ID
npg_NPG.75.16
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4ce51791e-0d32-4aa2-b7f9-3ba2833b3660

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