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Kaletta Company,
Religion -- New Testament
History -- United States
Object -- Foliage
Animal -- Bird
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Elkhart
Sculpture
Immaculate Queen of Peace, (sculpture).
Artist:
Kaletta Company, fabricator.
Title:
Immaculate Queen of Peace, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1948.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Statue: concrete, painted; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Overall shrine: approx. H. 127 in.; Statue: approx. 74 x 21 x 15 in.; Overall base: approx. 54 x 208 x 41 in.
Inscription:
(Proper left rear of statue:) Kaletta Studios/St.Louis, Mo (Front of base, beneath statue:) TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN THANKSGIVING/TO THE IMMACULATE/QUEEN OF PEACE, THE/PARISH OF ST. VINCENT/DE PAUL DEDICATES THIS/SHRINE AS A LASTING/MEMORIAL TO ITS MEN/AND WOMEN WHO SERVED/THEIR COUNTRY IN WORLD/WAR II./ERECTED A.D. 1948 (On front of wall of base at either end:) IN HONOR OF THOSE/WHO FOUGHT AND DIED (List of names in alphabetical order in twelve columns over four sections of front wall of base, flanking the statue) unsigned Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A shrine with the Virgin Mary standing, robed, veiled, and wearing a crown, with her hands folded before her in prayer. A dove with an olive branch perches by her proper left foot. The statue is within a niche with a short inscribed plaque on the front of the base beneath it. The base also includes a low wall with four panels that flank the niche, with twelve columns of names of those who served in World War II.
Subject:
Religion -- New Testament -- Mary
History -- United States -- World War II
Object -- Foliage -- Olive Branch
Animal -- Bird -- Dove
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Elkhart
Sculpture
Owner:
St. Vincent de Paul Church, 1108 South Main, Elkhart, Indiana 46516
Remarks:
Commemorates the men and women of St. Vincent de Paul Parish who served in World War II.
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 IN000483
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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