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Petersen, Elmer Paul,
Figure group -- Male
Ethnic -- Indian
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
Sculpture
LaCrosse Players, (sculpture).
Artist:
Petersen, Elmer Paul, 1928-2020, sculptor.
Title:
LaCrosse Players, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Indians, (sculpture).
Dates:
1981. Copyrighted 1981. Dedicated Fall 1981.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: Cor-Ten steel; Base: concrete and Cor-Ten steel.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 9 x 5 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. H. 2 ft. x W. 5 ft.
Inscription:
E Petersen (copyright symbol) 1981 signed
Description:
Three Native-American men playing lacrosse. Two of them stand, facing each other, holding lacrosse sticks in their raised proper right hands, reaching for the ball. Both lean backward, balancing on one foot while extending the other in front of them. The third figure is lying on the ground, leaning on his proper left arm with his knees bent. The figures are bare chested and wear moccasins. The two standing figures have feathers in their hair. The sculpture rests on a low, rectangular concrete base which is covered with Cor-Ten steel.
Subject:
Figure group -- Male
Ethnic -- Indian -- Winnebago
Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Lacrosse
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by LaCrosse City Hall, Legal Department, 400 LaCrosse Street, LaCrosse, Wisconsin 54601
Located Harborview Mall, West end of Main Street, on 2nd Street, LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Remarks:
The sculpture was funded by the Walda Stern Estates as a gift to La Crosse. IAS files contain articles from LaCrosse Tribune, April 5, 1991. 594/10:: Nearby plaque reads: 'LaCrosse Players' The city of LaCrosse was named for the American Indian game "LaCrosse". On this site, hard fought matches were played by the Winnebago peoples. The welded, Cor-Ten steel sculpture was designed and fabricated by Elmer P. Petersen. Dedicated in the year 1981 in the loving memory of my parents, Frank & Elizabeth Stern . Walda Stern.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
LaCrosse Tribune, April 15, 1991.
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 WI000322
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
WI000322
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