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Wussow, Jeune,
Fine Arts Sculpture Centre,
Figure group -- Male & Child
Occupation -- Service
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Sculpture
Dauntless Guardian, (sculpture).
Artist:
Wussow, Jeune, 1924- , sculptor.
Fine Arts Sculpture Centre, founder.
Title:
Dauntless Guardian, (sculpture).
Dates:
1983-1984. Dedicated Sept. 28, 1984.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 10 ft.; Base: approx. H. 2 ft. x D. 5 ft.
Inscription:
signed
Description:
A fireman in fire-gear and helmet. He is standing, arms upraised, grasping a small child seated on a windowsill. Child's proper left arm is extended to fireman's proper right hand. Child's proper right arm grasps the windowsill.
Subject:
Figure group -- Male & Child
Occupation -- Service -- Fireman
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Sculpture
Owner:
Coadministered by City of Milwaukee, 200 East Wells Street, City Hall, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Coadministered by Milwaukee Fire Department, 711 West Wells Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203
Located Milwaukee Fire Department, Engine Company #9, 4141 West Mill Road, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Remarks:
Commissioned by the Milwaukee Art Commission (#CBP 83-7FS), through 1% (one percent) capital construction funds. IAS files contain related newsclipping from Milwaukee Sentinel, Oct. 10, 1984, pg. 5.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin, Milwaukee survey, 1993.
Palmer, Virginia A., 1989.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Milwaukee Sentinel, Oct. 10, 1984, pg. 5.
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 74020070
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