Artwork Details
- Title
- “The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one’s self a fool; the truest heroism, is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance, 1852. From the series Great Ideas.
- Artist
- Date
- 1975
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 32 x 50 5⁄8 x 33 3⁄4 in. (81.3 x 128.7 x 85.8 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Container Corporation of America
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- chromed and welded steel
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Abstract
- Fantasy
- Architecture — vehicle — bicycle
- Allegory — quality — fortitude
- Object Number
- 1984.124.122
Artwork Description
African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond, 2012