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MacMonnies, Frederick William,
Hastings, Thomas,
Quattrocchi, Edmondo,
Allegory -- Civic
Allegory -- Place
History -- France
Figure group -- Nude
Outdoor Sculpture -- France -- Meaux
Sculpture
Marne Battle Memorial, America's Gift to France, (sculpture).
Artist:
MacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937, sculptor.
Hastings, Thomas, 1860-1929, designer.
Quattrocchi, Edmondo, 1889-1966, carver.
Title:
Marne Battle Memorial, America's Gift to France, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
France Aroused, (sculpture).
Frane Defiant, 1914, (sculpture).
Le Monument Americain, (sculpture).
La Liberte Exploree, (sculpture).
Dates:
1928-1931. Dedicated 1932.
Medium:
Limestone.
Dimensions:
H. 72 ft. 4 in. (22.0 m.)
Inscription:
(On base, left:) FREDERICK MAC MONNIES STATVAIRE/THOMAS HASTINGS ARCHITECTE/EDMONDO QVATTROCCHI/AGRANDISSEMENT ET EXECVTION (On base: front elevation:) AV MOMENT OV S'ENGAGE/VNE BATAILLE DONT DEPEND/LE SALVT DV PAYS IL IMPORTE DE RAPPELER A TOVS/QVE LE MOMENT N'EST PAS PLVS DE REGARDER/EN ARRIERE TOVS LES EFFORTS DOIVENT/ETRW EMPLOYES A ATTAQVER ET REFOVLER/L'ENNEMI VNE TROVP QVI NE PEVT PLVS/AVANCER DEVRA COVTE QVE COVTE GARDER/LE TERRAIN CONQVIS ET SE FAIRE TVER/SVR PLACE PLVTOT QVE DECVLER (On base, rear elevation:) HERE SPEAK AGAIN THE SILENT/VOICES OF HEROIC SONS OF FRANCE/WHO DARED ALL AND GAVE ALL IN THE DAY OF DEADLY PERIL/TVRNED BACK THE FLOOD OF IMMINENT/DISASTER AND THRILLED THE WORLD/BY THEIR SUPREME DEVOTION/ERECTED IN 1932/BY AMERICAN FRIENDS OF FRANCE/IN MEMORY OF THE BATTLE OF MARNE IN SEPTEMBER 1914
Subject:
Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
Allegory -- Place -- France
History -- France -- World War I
Figure group -- Nude
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- France -- Meaux
Sculpture
Owner:
Located Route de Varreddes, Meaux, France
References:
Smart, Mary, "A Flight with Fame: the life and art of Frederick MacMonnies, with a Catalogue Raisonne of Sculpture and a Checklist of Paintings by E. Adina Gordon," Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1996, no. 98.
Illustration:
Smart, Mary, "A Flight with Fame: the life and art of Frederick MacMonnies, with a Catalogue Raisonne of Sculpture and a Checklist of Paintings by E. Adina Gordon," Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1996, pg. 310.
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 88620174
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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