The Young Lincoln | |
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Artist | James Lee Hansen |
Year | 1941 |
Dimensions | 240 cm (8 ft) |
Location | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
The Young Lincoln is a statue of Abraham Lincoln created by James Lee Hansen in 1941, installed in Los Angeles' Spring Street Courthouse, in the U.S. state of California.[1][2][3]
The statue exemplifies public art of the New Deal,[4] including its depiction of Lincoln in his youth, a popular topic of the era.[5] It was built as a result of Hansen winning a 1939 Federal Works Agency art contest, and it was the first large sculpture he had ever completed.[6] In creating the statue, Hansen "developed his own interpretation of Lincoln, portraying him as a young man standing barefoot and shirtless - a man of deep sentiment and understanding."[7]
In 2019, it gained renewed attention on Twitter, wherein users nicknamed the statue "Hot Lincoln."[1][2][3][8]
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