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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