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Artist
Patrick Oliphant, born 1935
Sitter
William Jefferson Clinton, born 19 Aug 1946
Al Gore, born 31 Mar 1948
Date
1993
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Mixed media sculptural assemblage
Dimensions
Banner 1: 46.4 x 360.7 cm (18 1/4 x 142")
Banner 2: 46.4 x 360.7 cm (18 1/4 x 142")
Clinton Arms: 15.5 x 1.9 x 244 cm (6 1/8 x 3/4 x 96 1/16")
Clinton Head: 38 x 20 x 25 cm (14 15/16 x 7 7/8 x 9 13/16")
Clinton Podium: 53.5 x 55.8 x 51.1 cm (21 1/16 x 21 15/16 x 20 1/8")
Gore: 183 x 7.1 x 7.8 cm (72 1/16 x 2 13/16 x 3 1/16")
Topic
Al Gore: Male
Al Gore: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate
Al Gore: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US
Al Gore: Politics and Government\US Senator\Tennessee
Al Gore: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist
Al Gore: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Tennessee
Al Gore: Nobel Prize
Al Gore: Oscar
William Jefferson Clinton: Male
William Jefferson Clinton: Law and Crime\Lawyer
William Jefferson Clinton: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University
William Jefferson Clinton: Politics and Government\President of US
William Jefferson Clinton: Politics and Government\Governor\Arkansas
William Jefferson Clinton: Politics and Government\State Attorney General\Arkansas
William Jefferson Clinton: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Susan Conway Gallery, in honor of the artist, Patrick Oliphant