"No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency." --Theodore Roosevelt, The Strenuous Life, 1900. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Object Details

Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Artist
Leonard Baskin, born New Brunswick, NJ 1922-died Northampton, MA 2000
Sitter
Theodore Roosevelt
Date
1958
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Medium
wood
Dimensions
12 3/4 x 12 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. (32.3 x 32.8 x 26.1 cm)
Type
Sculpture
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