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Detroit Marble Company,
History -- United States
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Detroit Lakes
Sculpture
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Detroit Marble Company, fabricator.
Title:
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1915.
Medium:
Sculpture: Barre granite; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 21 ft. x 65 in. x 65 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. x 9 ft. 4 in. x 9 ft. 4 in.
Inscription:
(On column, raised letters:) TO OUR/FALLEN/HEROES/G.A.R. (On column's first tier, raised numbers:) 1861-1865 (On column's second tier, incised numbers:) 1915 unsigned
Description:
A soldier stands at parade rest, holding the barrel of his rifle in both hands resting its butt on the ground. The soldier wears a visored cap, a knee-length coat and a waist-length cape that is fastened at his neck and flung back from his proper right shoulder. The soldier is mounted on a rectangular column with the relief of two flags crossed at the bottom. The column ends with a two-tiered section. The monument is mounted on a square base.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
History -- United States -- World War I
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Detroit Lakes
Sculpture
Owner:
Coadministered by Women's Relief Corps, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
Coadministered by Sons of Veterans, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
Coadministered by Grand Army of the Republic, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
Located Oak Grove Cemetery, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
Remarks:
Dedicated to those who died in the Civil War and the First World War.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota 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 MN000402
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MN000402
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