First Ladies Who Worked For Women's Rights Bas Relief Sculpture by Bill Mack 

The National Women's History Project (NWHP) commissioned  this artist to produce a bronze relief dedicated to the First Ladies who made the greatest contribution to Women's Rights during their time in the White House.  The NWHP  selected former First Ladies, Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford, Hillary Clinton, Rosalyn Carter, and Ladybird Johnson as the women to be honored by having their likeness modeled on the tablet.

The finished tablet is approximately 4 feet wide and bears extraordinary likenesses of the five selected First Ladies in medium/high relief, finished in a brown and green patina.  The five women, each smiling, are featured full faced.  Their bust surround a highly detailed relief of the White House.  

In selecting Bill Mack to do the commission, the Project picked an artist who is widely regarded as the finest living relief sculptor.  His relief portraits of contemporary and classical subjects are unprecedented in their quality.  His works are in the collections of Presidents and World Leader, celebrities and art aficionados in American and worldwide. 

His portrait commissions, among others, include tennis star Arthur Ashe, football legend Lyle Alzado, AIDS advocate Ryan White, and a cast bronze portrait that marks the gravesite of the fallen Latino singer, Selena.  His works appear in galleries throughout America and many international markets.  He has had one-man shows in cities from Monte Carlo to Mexico City and from New York to Hong Kong.

Four copies of this  bas relief sculpture were create.  Two in a sand tone and two in a bronze tone.  

One is at the Ford Presidential Library in Michigan (the beneficiary who made this commission possible was from Michigan).

One is at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas.  (President Clinton was in office when the art piece was completed.) 

One is on display at the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument in  Washington, DC. 

The last one - this bronze tone - hung in the National Women's History office until we moved to a smaller location.  Our new office doesn't have a wall to give the art work justice.

The dimensions are 42.5 " wide, 29.5 " tall, and 3 inches deep.  It weights about 60 pounds.