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    		• Paulding, John,
     
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    		• American Bronze Company,
     
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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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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Manitou Springs
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Over the Top, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Paulding, John, 1883-1935, sculptor.
    American Bronze Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Over the Top, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    World War I Doughboy, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 25, 1924. Copyrighted 1920, 1934.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: granite boulder.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 10 x 2 x 3 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. H. 9 ft. Diam. 360 in. (20 tons).
    Description: 
    Figure of a World War I infantryman advancing through the stumps of No Man's Land. He holds a rifle in his proper left hand and his proper right hand is upraised. The bayonet has been removed from the sculpture.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Manitou Springs
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Manitou Springs, Parks Department, 606 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado 80829
    Located 500 block between Manitou Avenue and El Paso Boulevard, Manitou Springs, Colorado
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain copies of articles from the Colorado Springs Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colorado), April 12, 1923, which discusses the granite boulder base; and the Colorado Springs Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colorado), May 24, 1924 and May 25, 1924, both of which discuss plans for the dedication.
    Formerly attributed to E.M. Viquesney.
    References: 
    Wesley, T. Perry, 1991.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Colorado Springs survey, 1993.
    Berchem-Nigg, Kenneth, 2006.
    The Colorado Springs Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO), April 12, 1923.
    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 47260007
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