A popular legend states that the hands of a sculpture of this man depict his initials in American Sign Language. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this man who sits in a chair decorated with fasces (“FASS-eez”) in a David Chester French sculpture located in a namesake memorial overlooking a reflecting pool in Washington, DC.
ANSWER: Abraham Lincoln [accept Lincoln Memorial]
[10m] This artist, who had a son named Lincoln, sculpted a bust of Lincoln now in the United States Capitol crypt. After being fired from one of this artist’s projects, Korczak Ziolkowski (“KOR-chock zee-ol-KOFF-skee”) designed the nearby Crazy Horse Memorial.
ANSWER: Gutzon Borglum [or John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum] (Borglum’s Mount Rushmore is about 17 miles away from the Crazy Horse Memorial.)
[10h] A series of bronze Lincoln statues subtitled “The Man” was created by this artist, who founded the Cornish Art Colony and depicted Lady Liberty in a double eagle gold coin designed for the US Mint.
ANSWER: Augustus Saint-Gaudens [accept Saint-Gaudens double eagle]
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