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History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- New Matamoras
Sculpture
World War I Soldier Statue, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
World War I Soldier Statue, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Matamoras Doughboy, (sculpture).
Dates:
1920. Dedicated May 1920.
Medium:
Sculpture: sandstone or limestone; Base: sandstone or limestone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 5 ft. 8 in. x W. 24 in. x Circum. 51 in.; Base: approx. 28 x 60 x 36 in.
Inscription:
(On tree trunk:) 1917-1918 (Plaque to the figure's right lists the name of the Matamoras area citizens who were killed in World War I:) ALICE YOUNG, CARL HENKELMAN, WINTON NEWMAN, RAYMOND JONES, JOHN E. CORUM, EDWARD PUGH, HOWARD MOUNT, DAVID DUNN, WILLIAM HANLON, ROBERT HAUGHT, EMERSON ROBERTS
Description:
Standing figure of a World War soldier in full uniform. He stands at attention with his rifle at his proper right side. The figure stands next to a tree trunk. The work is surrounding by a wrought-iron fence.
Subject:
History -- United States -- World War I
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- New Matamoras
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Village of Matamoras, Village Council, Grandview Avenue & Broadway, New Matamoras, Ohio 45767
Located Corner of Broadway & Third Street, facing Broadway, New Matamoras, Ohio
Remarks:
Erected by the Matamoras Memorial Association and financed in part by pennies saved by the children who attended the school where the statue stood. Sculpture was restored in 1989. IAS files include related articles from the Parkersburg News, March 18, 1973 and the Marietta A. M., March 1987.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Columbus survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Parkersburg News, March 18, 1973, pg. 30.
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 OH000371
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Inventory of American Sculpture
OH000371
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