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    		• Poisson, Pierre Marie,
     
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    		• F. Barbedienne fonderie,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Mores, Marquis de
     
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    		• Portrait female -- Medora
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Ethnic -- French
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- North Dakota -- Medora
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Marquis de Mores, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Poisson, Pierre Marie, 1876-1953, sculptor.
    F. Barbedienne fonderie, founder.
    Title: 
    Marquis de Mores, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1926.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze sculpture on a granite base, with a bronze relief.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft. W. 32 in.; Base: approx. H. 10 ft. W. 14 ft. 7 in.; Bronze relief: Diam. 19 in.
    Inscription: 
    Poisson (Back of base, center:) IN MEMORY/ANTOINE MANCA DE VALLOMBROSA/MARQUIS DE MORES/LIEUTENANT FRENCH CAVALRY/BORN IN PARIS 1868/KILLED IN NORTH AFRICA 1896/AND OF HIS WIFE MEDORA/WHO FOUNDED THIS TOWN IN 1883 (Front of base, center:) MEDORA signed
    Description: 
    Full figure male, holding a hat at his side in his proper right hand. Draped over his proper left arm is part of a cape which goes across his back and over his proper left shoulder. This hand grasps the barrel of a rifle which touches the "ground" with the butt end. His head is turned to the proper right, and his proper left leg steps forward. A circular bronze relief of de Mores's wife Medora is placed at the top center of the base. Above her head is her name; below are leaves and flowers.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Mores, Marquis de -- Full length
    Portrait female -- Medora -- Head
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Ethnic -- French
    Occupation -- Military -- Lieutenant
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- North Dakota -- Medora
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State Historical Society, State Archives, 612 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-5538
    Located Park on south side of Main Street, Medora, North Dakota
    Remarks: 
    SOS surveyor states that originally the sculpture faced east. It was, at some point, turned to face the west. Commissioned by the Marquis' son to honor his father, who established a frontier business conglomerate in the town of Medora.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Dakota survey, 1992.
    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 ND000041
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