''Sequoyah'', or ''Sequoya'', is a
bronze sculpture depicting the
Cherokee silversmith and inventor of the same name by
Vinnie Ream
Lavinia Ellen "Vinnie" Ream Hoxie (September 25, 1847 – November 20, 1914) was an American sculptor. Her most famous work is the statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in the United States Capitol rotunda. Ream's '' Statue of Sequoyah' ...
(and completed by
George Julian Zolnay), installed in the
United States Capitol's
National Statuary Hall, as part of the
National Statuary Hall Collection. The statue was given by the
U.S. state of
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
in 1917.
See also
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1917 in art
Events from the year 1917 in art.
Events
* January – A drunken Amedeo Modigliani is ejected from a party for Georges Braque, by the hostess, Marie Vassilieff.
* January 29 – Rodin marries his mistress, Rose Beuret; she dies two weeks later. ...
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1917 establishments in Washington, D.C.
1917 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in Washington, D.C.
Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C.
Sequoyah
Sequoyah (Cherokee language, Cherokee: ᏍᏏᏉᏯ, ''Ssiquoya'', or ᏎᏉᏯ, ''Se-quo-ya''; 1770 – August 1843), also known as George Gist or George Guess, was a Native Americans in the United States, Native American polymath of the Ch ...
Sculptures by Vinnie Ream
Sculptures of men in Washington, D.C.
Sculptures of Native Americans in Washington, D.C.
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