<I>Reverend Martin Luther King</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1970
name: label: Created by
content: Charles Henry Alston, American, 1907 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
notes: label: Caption
content: In 1970 Rev. Donald Harrington commissioned the bronze bust Reverend Martin Luther King for the Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist. Charles Alston created multiple versions of his King busts, one of which became the first likeness of an African American to be exhibited in the White House.
label: Description
content: This is a bronze cast portrait of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. on a black marble base. The sculpture depicts Dr. King from the neck up. Chin raised, brow furrowed, his gaze is directed upwards. The bust rests on a square of dark marble. The artist's signature "Alston" is on the back of the right side of the neck.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Men
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eric and Cheryl McKissack
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.160
objectType: label: Type
content: bronzes
label: Type
content: sculpture
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Charles Alston Estate
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: bronze on marble mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 17 × 7 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (43.2 × 19.1 × 26.7 cm)