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Margaret Sanger

Margaret Sanger

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Artist: Joy Buba, 1904 - 1998
Sitter: Margaret Higgins Sanger, 14 Sep 1879 - 6 Sep 1966

Date: 1964 (cast 1972)

Type: Sculpture

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: With Base: 52.1 x 39.4 x 28.6cm (20 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 11 1/4"); Base: 7.6 x 27.9 x 16.5cm (3 x 11 x 6 1/2")

Topic: Margaret Higgins Sanger: Female; Margaret Higgins Sanger: Journalism and Media\Magazine publisher; Margaret Higgins Sanger: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Social reformer; Margaret Higgins Sanger: Medicine and Health\Nurse; Margaret Higgins Sanger: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Birth control advocate; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Cordelia Scaife May

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply

Object number: NPG.72.70

Provenance: Joy Buba [1904-1998]; gift to NPG 1972

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery

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