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History -- United States
Figure male -- Bust
Occupation -- Military
Object -- Weapon
Object -- Other
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Paintsville
Sculpture
WWI Sculpture, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
WWI Sculpture, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
World War I Sculpture, (sculpture).
Medium:
Sculpture: marble and bronze; Base: marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 18 x 21 x 21 in.; Base: approx. 52 x 130 x 71 in.
Inscription:
(On front of base:) LOYALTY COURAGE VICTORY SACRIFICE (On back of base:) THE WORLD WAR/1917 1918/SOLEMNLY WITH LOVE/HONOR AND RESPECT, DO/WE HEREBY DEDICATE THIS/MEMORIAL TO THE MEMORY/OF THE SOLDIERS, SAILORS,/MARINES AND NURSES WHO/GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/CAUSE OF THIS GREAT NATION./TO THEM THERE IS NO/DEATH, THEY LIVE FOREVER/IN THE MEMORY OF THEIR/GLORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT./ERECTED BY/JOHNSON COUNTY POST 117/THE AMERICAN LEGION (On marble platform:) St. Mihiel/Argonn Forest/Belleau Wood/Cantigny/Chateau Thierry/Montfaucon (Names of dead on sides of rectangular base) unsigned
Description:
Marble bust of a World War I soldier with a helmet. His hands are clasped in front of him, holding the top of a bronze sword which extends downward on front of a rectangular base, with relief of a cross and circle. The base is flanked on either side by a low-columned marble exedra and platform, topped on each end with an urn. Threaded metal holes in front of platform probably once held flagpoles.
Subject:
History -- United States -- World War I
Figure male -- Bust
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Object -- Weapon -- Sword
Object -- Other -- Vase
Dress -- Accessory -- Helmet
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Paintsville
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Johnson County Government, 2nd Street, P. O. 868, Paintsville, Kentucky 41240
Located Town Square, Paintsville, Kentucky
Remarks:
Erected by the Johnson County Post 117 of the American Legion.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky 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 KY000051
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