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Also Known As John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum
Born March 25, 1867 • Idaho
Died March 6, 1941 (aged 73) • Chicago • Illinois

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Mount Rushmore
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Danish sculptor
James Earle Fraser
American sculptor
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Manship, Paul
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Lachaise, Gaston: Head of a Woman
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Giovanni Battista Foggini
Italian sculptor
Johann Heinrich von Dannecker
German sculptor
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Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
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Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
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Auguste Rodin
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saltcellar of Francis I
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Three Graces, marble sculpture by Antonio Canova, 1812–16.
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Algardi, Alessandro: Tomb of Pope Leo XI
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