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    		• Petersen, Christian,
     
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    		• Shao, Paul,
     
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    		• Occupation -- Medicine
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Forland, L. M.
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Born, William R.
     
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    		• Animal -- Dog
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Ames
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Gentle Doctor, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Petersen, Christian, 1885-1961, sculptor.
    Shao, Paul, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Gentle Doctor, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Gentle Vet, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Original terra cotta 1937. Bronze cast 1976.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: painted bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    80 x 24 1/2 x 23 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Plaque on base:) Christian Petersen/"THE GENTLE DOCTOR"/and Veterinary Bas Reliefs, 1936-38/Bronze and terra cotta. unsigned
    Description: 
    A full-length male figure, representing a veterinarian dressed in lab coat, looking down at puppy cradled in his proper right arm and petting it with his proper left arm. The mother dog leans against the veterinarian's proper right leg, looking up at her pup. Bronze painted a terra-cotta color.
    Subject: 
    Occupation -- Medicine -- Veterinarian
    Portrait male -- Forland, L. M. -- Full length
    Portrait male -- Born, William R.
    Animal -- Dog
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Ames
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Iowa State University, University Museums, Brunnier Art Museum, 290 Scheman Building, Ames, Iowa 50011
    Located Iowa State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, main courtyard, Ames, Iowa
    Remarks: 
    In 1974, Paul Shao was commissioned to make this bronze casting of the original terra cotta sculpture (IAS entry 65060002) done by Christian Petersen in 1937. The original terra cotta sculpture installed in the old Veterinary Quadrangle had sustained weather damage over time and was recast in bronze for the main courtyard of the new College of Veterinary Medicne. The original terra cotta sculpture was moved to the Scheman Building. For the original terra cotta sculpture, two University students had served as models - L. M. Forland for the doctor, and for the hands, William R. Born.
    References: 
    Iowa State University, Brunnier Gallery and Museum, 1989.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Iowa survey, 1993.
    Iowa State University, University Museums, 2017.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Related Works: 
    For terra cotta original see: 65060002.
    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 65060003
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