Martin Luther King, Jr.
Object Details
- Date
- 1970
- Artist
- Charles Alston, 1907 - 1977
- Sitter
- Martin Luther King Jr., 15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968
- Provenance
- Charles Alston [1907-1977]; purchased NPG 1974
- 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
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- Object number
- NPG.74.36
- Type
- Sculpture
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Estate of Charles Alston
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 32 × 24.8 × 21 cm (12 5/8 × 9 3/4 × 8 1/4")
- Base: 12.7 × 18.1 × 18.1 cm (5 × 7 1/8 × 7 1/8")
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.74.36