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(Indiana World War Memorial Figures), (sculpture). Artist:  Hering, Henry, 1874-1949, sculptor. Indiana Limestone Company, fabricator. Title:  (Indiana World War Memorial Figures), (sculpture). Other Titles:  Courage, (sculpture). Memory, (sculpture). Peace, (sculpture). Victory, (sculpture). Liberty, (sculpture). Patriotism, (sculpture). Dates:  1928. Medium:  Limestone. Dimensions:  24 figures. Each approx. 8 x 3 x 2 ft. Description:  Six limestone figures in high relief mounted high on each facade of the Indiana World War Memorial Building. The same six figures are repeated on each of the four sides of the building. On the far left is Courage, a standing male figure. He is bare-chested with a cloak over his proper right shoulder. He wears a helmet and holds a sword and shield in front of his legs. To the right is Memory, a full-length female with braided hair. She wears a long robe and holds up a palm leaf in her proper left hand. To her right is Peace, a full-length female with braided hair. She wears a long robe and holds an olive branch in her proper right hand and a dove in her proper left hand. The next figure is Victory, a male figure wearing a helmet and a medallion around his neck. He holds a laurel wreath in his proper left hand and a small orb with a figure of winged victory in his proper right hand. The next figure is that of Liberty, a full-length female figure with bound hair and a crown of rays. She holds a torch in her proper left hand and an unidentified object in her proper right hand. The sixth figure, Patriotism, is a full-length bare-chested male wearing a long cloak. He holds a stars-and-stripes shield in front of him. In addition to the figures, there are numerous fanciful carvings, urns and four Egyptian-styled lions on the front facade of the building. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Figure female -- Full length Allegory -- Quality -- Fortitude Allegory -- Other -- Memory Allegory -- Civic -- Peace Allegory -- Other -- Triumph Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Allegory -- Civic -- Patriotism Object -- Other -- Vase Animal -- Lion Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Indiana, Indiana War Memorials Commission, 431 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Located Indiana War Memorial, Indiana World War Memorial Building, facade, Indianapolis, Indiana References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS IN001079   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN001079 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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