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    		• Freunfoer, C.,
     
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    		• Theunissen, Corneille,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Ethnic -- French
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- West Point
     
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    		• Copy
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    French Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Freunfoer, C., sculptor.
    Theunissen, Corneille, sculptor. (copy after)
    Title: 
    French Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Gold Tooth, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Oct. 21, 1919.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: gilded bronze; Base: marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 10.94 ft.; Base: approx. H. 8.04 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On bronze base:) POUR LA PATRIE LESS (sic) SCIENCE ET LA GLOIRE. (On cameo portrait on northeast side:) MARECHAL FOCH/PROMOTION DE 1871 (On cameo portrait on southwest side:) MARECHAL JOFFRE/PROMOTION DE 1869 (On front of pedestal:) L'ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE FRANCE/A L'ECOLE SOEUR/DES ETATS-UNIS. D'AMERIQUE/ENTRENOUS (sic) LA LUTTE; POUR LA LIBERTE DU MONDE/LE 6 AVRIL, 1917.
    Description: 
    Bronze figure of a French cadet holding a saber aloft in his proper right hand. There are cannon at his feet and he holds an unfurled flag in his proper left hand.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Cadet
    Ethnic -- French
    Object -- Other -- Flag
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- West Point
    Copy
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Department of the Army, United States Military Academy, Engineering Department, West Point, New York 10996
    Located United States Military Academy, Central Barracks, Building 747, West Point, New York 10996
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture is a copy of a statue by Corneille Theunissen that stands in front of the headquarters building of the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. It was presented to the United States Military Academy by the Ecole Polytechnique in recognition of the long-standing friendship between the two schools and in appreciation of United States participation in World War I. Sculpture was stored indoors from 1966 to 1974, when it was reinstalled 50 yards southeast of its original location. IAS files contain a copy of the HABS/HAER National Park Service inventory which includes related material from the West Point Archives. Because the sculpture had a gilded finish for many years, it was known by USMA cadets as "Gold Tooth."
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    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 NY000617
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