Martin Luther King, Jr.
Object Details
- Date
- 1970
- Artist
- Charles Arthur Wells, Jr., 24 Dec 1935 - 31 Oct 2017
- Sitter
- Martin Luther King Jr., 15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968
- Provenance
- Charles Arthur Wells, Jr. [b. 1935]; gift to NPG 1971
- Topic
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
- Martin Luther King Jr.: Male
- Martin Luther King Jr.: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader
- Martin Luther King Jr.: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister
- Martin Luther King Jr.: Nobel Prize
- Martin Luther King Jr.: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Martin Luther King Jr.: Civilian awards\Congressional Gold Medal
- Portrait
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of an anonymous donor. Conserved with federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- Object number
- NPG.71.52
- Type
- Sculpture
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Charles Arthur Wells, Jr.
- Medium
- Alabaster
- Dimensions
- 27.5cm (10 13/16"), Accurate
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.71.52