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(American Cemetery War Memorial), (sculpture). Artist:  Williams, Wheeler, 1897-1972, sculptor. Varlecchi, founder. Title:  (American Cemetery War Memorial), (sculpture). Other Titles:  Tablets of the Missing, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated July 1956 or 1959. Medium:  English limestone. Dimensions:  Overall: L. 472 ft.; Each figure: approx. H. 9 ft. Inscription:  (At foot of one figure:) EXECUTED BY VARLECCHI/FLORENCE (At foot of another figure:) WHEELER WILLIAMS/SCULPTOR/1959 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Three pools surrounded by flowers lead to a mausoleum. To one side is a wall with four figures represening the following: Navy, a male figure with a ship's wheel; Air Force, a male figure with a machine gun; Coast Guard, a male figure with ammunition; and Army, a male figure with a rifle. Included in the memorial are the Tablets of Missing, a 472 foot long limestone wall etched with the names of 5,126 American soldiers, sailors, and airmen whose remains have never been found. Subject:  History -- United States -- World War II Figure group -- Male Occupation -- Military -- Army Occupation -- Military -- Navy Occupation -- Military -- Air Force Occupation -- Military -- Coast Guard Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- England -- Cambridge Sculpture Owner:  American Cemetery, Cambridge, England Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. The figure representing the Army was modeled after Sgt. Leonard Werth, who posed for the artist Wheeler Williams in his New York studio during the late 1940s. Sgt. Werth, a member of the First Army's military police company on Governors Island, was selected as the Army model by Generals George C. Marshall and Dwight D. Eisenhower during a visit to Governors Island. IAS files contain the Washington Post obituary (Feb. 28, 2010) for Sgt. Leonard Werth who died at age 89 in Arlington County, Virginia on Jan. 29, 2010. References:  Donnelley, Gaylord, 1991. Washington Post, Obituaries, Feb. 28, 2010, pg. C7. 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 9C440005   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 9C440005 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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