On November 26, 2024, Paris’s Artcurial auction house will present a rare 1875 terracotta maquette of the Statue of Liberty, made by French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. This early study of one ...

The Statue of Liberty was originally designed as a marker of liberation of African Americans and the end of the Civil War. That part of its history was overshadowed by a late design change to instead ...

Who was the model for the face of liberty? Sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi had many inspirations, including this one woman.

Two national monuments reached major milestones this week.The Statue of Liberty was was dedicated in New York Harbor by ...