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A Bronze Lady Liberty Cast From Bartholdi’s Original Model Is Coming to the Hamptons Fine Art Fair

Authorized by the Musée des Arts et Métiers, cast by one of France's most respected foundries and priced at $1 million, it arrives on the market at a moment when the appetite for objects connected to America's founding mythology has never been sharper.

In 1884, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi’s Liberty Enlightening the World arrived in pieces and was assembled in New York Harbor, a gift from France, and there it has remained for more than 140 years, presiding over social and political shifts, booms and busts, centennials and now, this summer, the United States’ semiquincentennial. Hundreds of replicas exist worldwide, though most have no connection to Bartholdi’s hand. A scattered few do, however, and in a little more than a week, one of these will welcome visitors to the Hamptons Fine Art Fair, compliments of New York City gallery Modern Fine Art.

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