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    		• Baut, Gerhard,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Landscape -- Vietnam
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Wilkes Barre
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Vietnam Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Baut, Gerhard, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Vietnam Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Valiant Veteran, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Feb. 21, 1988.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: slate.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft. 5 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. x 10 ft. x 6 ft. 10 in.
    Inscription: 
    Gerhard F. Baut (On brass plate, top of base:) LUZERNE COUNTY/VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL/"VALIANT VETERAN"/DEDICATED FEBRUARY 21ST, 1988/(lists of names) (On brass plate, front of base:) DESCRIPTION OF THE SCULPTURE FOR/THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL:) This monument of the Vietnam War Memorial for Luzerne County is a depiction of a/heavy gauge bronze sculpture with a natural sulfide bronchantite patina set atop a/slate base. The base is 10' long, 6'10" wide, 2' high. The sculpture atop measures 10' high, for a total of 12' from the ground. The figure of the valiant veteran is 8'5" tall from toe to head, or 1.43 times life size. signed
    Description: 
    An abstract depiction of a Vietnam soldier holding a broken K-Bar knife in his proper right hand and a crown of stars in his proper left hand. He stands atop a keystone that features the inscription "with it or on it," symbolic of the return of Pennsylvania's soldiers. The crown of stars in his proper left hand symbolizes the branches of the Armed Services. Behind the soldier stands a three-dimensional map of Vietnam pierced with "pungee" sticks, a guerilla warfare weapon used in Southeast Asia.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Vietnam War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Landscape -- Vietnam
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Wilkes Barre
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Luzerne County Courthouse, 200 North River Street, Lawn, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania 18711
    Remarks: 
    The memorial honors Luzerne County men and women who served during the Vietnam War.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania 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 PA001914
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