Sculpture
- Title:
- Birthplace of Daniel Webster
- Object Name:
- Sculpture
- Object ID:
- 2017.010.01
- Creator:
- Malm, Leo (1878-1950)
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1938
- Description:
- Sculpture. Carved panel; Birthplace of Daniel Webster, by Leo Malm (1878-1950); 1938. Mahogany, horizontal rectangle. Carved bas relief, angle view of a one and one-half story frame house with a sweep well on right side. "LEO MALM" carved in lower right corner. "BIRTHPLACE OF DANIEL WEBSTER / BUILT 1780, FRANKLIN N.H. / CARVED 1938 BY LEO MALM" incised on reverse.
- Material:
- Wood
Mahogany - Dimensions:
- H-13.75 W-25 D-2 inches
- Provenance:
- A native of Sweden, Leo Malm (1878-1950) studied at the South End Industrial School in Boston and served an apprenticeship studying sculpture with German-born woodcarvers. In 1911 Malm moved to Concord, NH, where he worked as draftsman and designer for the William B. Durgin Company. During the1930s he participated in the New Hampshire Art Project, Works Progress Administration, and as an instructor at the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences and League of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts. He also worked carving furniture for a Nashua company.
This piece is illustrated in the book, Hands that Built New Hampshire, 1940. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Garvin
- Subjects:
- Daniel Webster Birthplace, Birthplaces
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