Statue Of Florence R. Sabin
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''Florence R. Sabin'' is a
bronze sculpture Bronze is the most popular metal for Casting (metalworking), cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply "a bronze". It can be used for statues, singly or in groups, reliefs, and small statuettes and figurines, as w ...
depicting the American medical scientist of the same name by Joy Buba, installed in the Hall of Columns, in
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, as part of the
National Statuary Hall Collection The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol is composed of statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their history. Limited to two statues per state, the collection was originally set up in the old Hal ...
. The statue was gifted by the
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of
Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
in 1959.


See also

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1959 in art Events from the year 1959 in art. Events * June 10 – National Museum of Western Art established in Tokyo. * André Breton asks Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Enrique Tábara and Eugenio Granell to represent Spain by exhibiting some of their wo ...


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* 1959 establishments in Washington, D.C. 1959 sculptures Bronze sculptures in Washington, D.C. Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C. Monuments and memorials to American women Sabin, Florence Sculptures of women in Washington, D.C. {{US-sculpture-stub