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    		• Petersen, Elmer Paul,
     
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    		• Thompson, Jerry,
     
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    		• Peter Nelson & Son Construction Company,
     
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    		• Unknown (Austin, Texas),
     
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    		• Figure group -- Family
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Object -- Toy
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Family, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Petersen, Elmer Paul, 1928-2020, sculptor.
    Thompson, Jerry, contractor.
    Peter Nelson & Son Construction Company, contractor.
    Unknown (Austin, Texas), founder.
    Title: 
    Family, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Copyrighted 1982. Cast 1983. Installed Oct. 1983.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: cast bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 x 4 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 5 x 5 ft. (1 ton).
    Inscription: 
    E P Petersen (copyright symbol) 1982 signed
    Description: 
    A family of four consisting of a father and mother standing with their backs to each other, a young daughter standing in front of the father on his proper right side, and an infant in the arms of the mother. The father has short hair and wears a jacket, a bag with a protruding teddy bear hangs from his shoulder. His proper right hand rests on his daughter's shoulder. She is about seven or eight, her hair is in pigtails and she wears a knee-length dress and buckled shoes. The mother is leaning slightly with her back resting on the father's back. She has short hair, a top with sleeves that reach her elbows, a calf-length skirt and buckled shoes. The baby rests its head on the mother's shoulder.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Family
    Dress -- Accessory -- Handbag
    Object -- Toy -- Animal
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Gundersen Clinic, 1836 South Avenue, Courtyard, LaCrosse, Wisconsin 54601
    Remarks: 
    Inscription on nearby play reads: "Family" By Elmer P. Petersen given in memory of Sigurd B. Gundersen, Sr. M. D. By his Students, Patients, and Friends. The sculpture was commissioned by the Gundersen Medical Foundation. It was funded through gifts by friends of the Gundersen Medical Foundation and was intended to mark the Foundation's 40th anniversary. Jerry Thompson of the Peter Nelson & Son Construction Company installed the sculpture. IAS files contain a related article from the LaCrosse Tribune, Oct. 18, 1983, pg. 1, 8.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    LaCrosse Tribune, Oct. 18, 1983, pg. 1.
    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 WI000160
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