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Holm, Victor Sophus Joachim,
History -- United States
History -- United States
Figure group
Allegory -- Quality
Allegory -- Quality
Allegory -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis
Flagstaff
Sculpture
Spanish American War Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Holm, Victor Sophus Joachim, 1876-1935, sculptor.
Title:
Spanish American War Memorial, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Flagpole, (sculpture).
Base of the Flagpole, (sculpture).
Dates:
1934.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: limestone with bronze plaque; Base: pink granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft. x Diam. 4 ft.; Base: approx. H. 2 ft. 6 in. x Diam. 80 in.
Inscription:
VICTOR.S.HOLM.SC 1934 (On plaque on sculpture:) TO THE HONOR/OF THOSE WHO SERVED/THE UNITED STATES/IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN/THE/PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION/AND THE/CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION/1898-1902/ERECTED BY THE/DEPARTMENT OF
MISSOURI
/AUXILIARIES OF THE UNITED/SPANISH WAR VETERANS/A.D. MCMXXXIV signed
Description:
Three life-size allegorical figures representing Loyalty, Courage, and Victory encircle a cylindrical flagpole base. The figures of Loyalty and Courage are holding a commemorative plaque between them. The memorial is the base for a fifty foot flagstaff.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Spanish American War
History -- United States -- China Relief Expedition
Figure group
Allegory -- Quality -- Faith
Allegory -- Quality -- Fortitude
Allegory -- Other -- Triumph
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture --
Missouri
--
St
.
Louis
Flagstaff
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of
St
.
Louis
, Board of Public Service, City Hall, Twelfth and Market Streets,
St
.
Louis
,
Missouri
63103
Located
Civil
Courts
Plaza
, 12th Street between Chestnut & Market,
St
.
Louis
,
Missouri
Remarks:
Memorial to veterans of the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and the China Relief Expedition. The memorial was donated by the United Spanish American War Veterans Auxiliaries. The sculpture cost: $7,000. IAS files contain copy of unpublished 1969 mayor's report, "Public Art -
St
.
Louis
."
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
Missouri
,
St
.
Louis
survey, 1993.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
SOS Assessment Award, 2000.
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 76000999
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
76000999
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