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    (University of Illinois Memorial Stadium Reliefs:), The Welcome of the American Soldiers in France, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Holabird & Roche, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    (University of Illinois Memorial Stadium Reliefs:), The Welcome of the American Soldiers in France, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Welcome of the American Soldiers in France, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1923.; Dedicated Oct. 17, 1924.
    Medium: 
    Limestone panels mounted on brick walls of building.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 46 in. W. 111 in.
    Description: 
    Six male soldiers stand on each side of a central angel, who is carved in a lower relief than the soldiers. The angel faces outward, while the soldiers are shown in profile. The two men in the center shake hands in front of the angel. Hats are worn by all of the soldiers, and a few on the proper right side hold guns.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Religion -- New Testament -- Angel
    Allegory -- Civic -- Unity
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Champaign
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by University of lllinois, Board of Trustees, 506 South Wright Street, 354 Henry Administration Building, Urbana, Illinois 61801
    Located University of Illinois, 200 East Florida Avenue, Stadium Towers, over the east and west entrances, Champaign, Illinois
    Remarks: 
    This repeated relief is part of a series of 84 panels and medallions decorating the four towers of the stadium. IAS files contain articles relating to the construction of the stadium, as well as copies of the Scheinman dissertation pages. In July 1992 the stadium was undergoing renovation and examination of the reliefs was not possible.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992.
    Scheinman, Muriel, "Art of Collecting at the University of Illinois: A History and Catalogue," Ph.D. diss., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1981, pg. 139-141.
    Illustration: 
    Scheinman, Muriel, "Art Collecting at the University of Illinois: A History and Catalogue," Ph.D. diss., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1981, pg. 428.
    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 IL000027
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