This portrait of Paderewski led to the invitation from Chief Henry Standing Bear for Korczak to come to the Black Hills to carve Crazy Horse Memorial.

The portrait won first prize (by popular vote) at the 1939 New York World's Fair. The Competition was titled:

Bronze number three of this series was presented to His Holiness Pope John Paul II by Ruth Ziolkowski and her family in 1997. It is now in the Vatican collection.