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Viquesney, E. M.,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Object -- Weapon
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Meyersdale
Sculpture
The Spirit of the American Doughboy, (sculpture).
Artist:
Viquesney, E. M., 1876-1946, sculptor.
Title:
The Spirit of the American Doughboy, (sculpture).
Dates:
Copyrighted 1920, 1934. Installed Nov. 11, 1928.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 1/2 x 4 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. W. 4 ft. x D. 4 ft.
Inscription:
(Stamped on back of sculpture's bronze base:) SPIRIT OF THE/AMERICAN DOUGHBOY/COPYRIGHTED/BY E.M. VIQUESNEY/SPENCER, INDIANA (On front of granite base:) LEST WE FORGET/ERECTED BY AMERICAN LEGION/AUXILIARY POST NO. 112/MEYERSDALE PA./NOV. 11, 1928 (On base plaque:) IN THANKSGIVING TO GOD FOR VICTORY/THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED IN HONOR OF THE/MEN FROM MEYERSDALE AND VICINITY WHO/SERVED IN THE WORLD WAW AND IS DEDICATED/AS A SACRED MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO DIED/THAT LIBERTY AND THE IDEALS OF OUR COUNTRY/MIGHT BE PERPETUATED/GOLD STAR ROLL (list of names)
Description:
Figure of a World War I infantryman advancing through the stumps and barbed wire of No Man's Land. He holds a grenade in his raised proper right hand and a rifle in his proper left hand.
Subject:
History -- United States -- World War I
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Object -- Weapon -- Grenade
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Meyersdale
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Borough of Meyersdale 151 Center Street, P. O. Box 127, Meyersdale, Pennsylvania 15552
Located Town Square, Route 219 & Market Street, Meyersdale, Pennsylvania
References:
Wesley, T. Perry, 1991.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
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 47260096
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Inventory of American Sculpture
47260096
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