On November 26, 2024, Paris’s Artcurial auction house will present a rare 1875 terracotta maquette of the Statue of Liberty, made by French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. This early study of one ...
At the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., stands a 46-inch-tall model of an American icon – the Statue of Liberty – whose origin story may surprise you. "When this idea began, it was ...
The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from the people of France to commemorate 100 years of Franco-American friendship. The statue also commemorates the centennial of America’s ...