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Doughboy, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Doughboy, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1922. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 66 x 27 x 60 in.; Base: approx. 69 x 35 x 25 in. Inscription:  (Founder's mark possibly appears on proper right buttock) (Bronze plaque on front of base:) In Memory of/The Soldiers/and Sailors/of the World War (Bronze plaque on side of base:) Walter G. Ivie,/Born Dec. 22, 1894,/Killed in Action,/Argonne Offensive,/Sept. 28, 1918 (Bronze plaque on side of base:) Wm. H. Gaur,/Born May 16, 1891,/Killed in Action,/ Argonne Offensive,/Oct. 6, 1918 unsigned Founder's mark appears. Description:  Figure of a World War I soldier, dressed in uniform, holding a gun in both hands, pointing upward and forward. The solider wears a helmet and backpack, and steps forward with his proper right leg, as if walking up an incline. The sculpture is set atop a rough granite base with plaques on three sides. Subject:  History -- United States -- World War I Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object -- Weapon -- Gun Object -- Weapon -- Grenade Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Green Castle Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Green Castle Cemetery Association, Route 3, Green Castle, Missouri 63545 Located Green Castle Cemetery, State Highway 6, east of City limits, Green Castle, Missouri Remarks:  The sculpture marks the gravesites of local residents Willie Gauer and Walter Ivie, killed in Argonne, and commemorates soldiers and sailors who fought in World War I. SOS! survey listed artist as unidentified; T. Perry Wesley checklist lists artist as E. M. Viquesney. IAS files contain excerpt from Gladys Wells Crumpacker's "The Complete History of Sullivan County Missouri, Vol. II: 1900-1979," History Publications Inc., (Milan, MO), n.d.; and newsclippings from The Milan Standard, Sept. 22, 1921; Sept. 29, 1921; Oct. 6, 1921; May 4, 1922; and June 1, 1922. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri survey, 1995. Wesley, T. Perry, 1991. 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 47260059   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 47260059 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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