The long-foretold return of the Law Library’s three busts of Abraham Lincoln has come at long last! The marble pieces returned from storage at the BYU Museum of Art this week, and are now back on display on their usual pedestals on the main floor of the library. Sculpted by Avard Fairbanks in 1959 (a Provo native), they depict the 16th president in three different stages of his life: Youth, Frontiersman, and Lawyer. Their presence in the Law Library reminds patrons not only of Lincoln’s dedicated legal career, but also his lifelong pursuit of knowledge through reading books.
