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American Doughboy Bringing Home Victory, (sculpture). Artist:  Lewis, Alonzo Victor, 1886-1946, sculptor. Title:  American Doughboy Bringing Home Victory, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Spirit of the American Doughboy, (sculpture). Armistice, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1932. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze, iron (?); Base: basalt (?). Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 11 x 4 x 8 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 7 x 10 ft. Inscription:  (Around outer edge of self-base:) AMERICAN DOUGHBOY BRINGING HOME VICTORY unsigned Description:  Full-length figure of a World War I soldier. He is dressed in uniform, has a rifle slung over his proper right shoulder, which he holds with his proper right hand, and wears a helmet. On his back and in his belt he carries various tools and implements; there is a German army helmet hanging from his proper right shoulder. Behind his proper left foot is a mortar shell, lying on the ground. The soldier is smiling. The bronze sculpture rests on a stone base. Subject:  History -- United States -- World War I Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109 Located Seattle Center, Veterans Hall, Seattle, Washington Remarks:  The sculpture was originally commissioned in 1921 in plaster and was entitled "American Doughboy Bringing Home the Bacon". In 1932, money was raised for a permanent memorial sculpture. The bronze cast was made with certain changes in appearance from the original and was dedicated in 1932. SOS! survey lists title as "The Spirit of the American Doughboy"; Rupp and inscription on sculpture give title as "American Doughboy Bringing Home Victory". References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994. Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 117. Illustration:  Image on file. Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 117. 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 WA000463   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000463 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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