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ALLEN, Frederick Warren  (1888-1961) sculptor.
          Born North Attleboro, Massachusetts, 5 May 1888.
          Noted for portraits in low reliefs (e.g. Abraham Lincoln) for
          tablets mounted on outside sculpture.
          Died Wellesley, Masachusetts, 6 January 1961.
          Fellow: National Sculpture Society.

          R  E  L  I  E  F  S

1919 Clark (Howard Walton) Portrait Relief (cast by Gorham). .
1920 Female Head Relief (cast by Gorham). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1920 Yachtsman Relief (cast by Gorham). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1920 Unknown Name Relief (cast by Gorham). . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 

         M   E   D   A   L   S
1931 Boston Symphony Orchestra 50th Anniv Medal .  MAco 1932-043
           Collection: American Numismatic Society. . 1940.100.2080 
1956 Boston Symphony Orchestra 75th Anniv Medal .  MAco 1956-047
           Auctions:. . . . . .  CAL 35:788; J&J 8:631, J&J 13:573,
                      J&J 16:1711, J&J 18:465

           T  A  B  L  E  T  S

(n.d.) Lincoln (Abraham) Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1912 Revolutionary War Memorial Tablet (cast by Gorham) . . .
            Archives: Inventory of American Sculpture . . IAS MA000287
1918 Hovey (Charles Emerson) Portrait Relief (mounted on
            Neptune Statue by unknown artist). . . . . . . . . .
            Archives: Inventory of American Sculpture . . IAS NH000262

           A  R  C  H  I  V  E  S

GA Gorham Company Archives.
IAS Inventory of American Sculpture (online).

                       B I O G R A P I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

D3  {1911} Benezit (1999 14ed), 1:214.
D8  {1926} Fielding, p 6.
BA  {1937} Who's Who In American Art: 1937 [1ed:15], 1939 [2ed:17],
           1941 [3ed:20], 1947 [4ed:23].
P30 {1961} New York Times (7 January) 19:3 (obit).
C8  {1965} Gardner. p 161-162.
BF1 {1985} Falk, p 10.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 14-15.
AE1 {1988} Falk, p 3:66-67.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:86.
D3a {2006} Benezit. Dictionary of Artists, 1:323.
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