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Paulding, John,
American Bronze Company,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Object -- Weapon
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- North Dakota -- Wahpeton
Sculpture
Over the Top, (sculpture).
Artist:
Paulding, John, 1883-1935, sculptor.
American
Bronze
Company
,
founder
.
Title:
Over the Top, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Over the Top to Victory, (sculpture).
World War Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Copyrighted 1920.; Cast 1921.; Dedicated 1927.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Bronze
sculpture on a rainbow granite base.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 84 in.; Base: approx. 147 1/2 x 204 1/2 x 93 1/2 in.
Inscription:
(Plaque on front base:) In Commemoration of Richland County Citizens/Who Rendered Services to Our Country/During 1917 - The Great World War - 1918/Honor Roll (List of 1018 names of the men who served, on three plaques)
Description:
Figure of a World War I infantryman advancing through a battlefield of rocks and barbed wire. He holds a horizontal rifle in his proper left hand and once held a now missing grenade in his upraised proper right hand. He is in full military dress, wearing a doughboy helmet on his head. The figure is placed on a tiered base; the tallest tier is in the middle, one smaller on each side.
Subject:
History -- United States -- World War I
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Object -- Weapon -- Grenade
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- North Dakota -- Wahpeton
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Richland County, County Commissioners, Richland County, North Dakota
Located Richland County Courthouse, Corner of 2nd Avenue North & 4th Street North, Wahpeton, North Dakota
Remarks:
IAS files contain some related unpublished materials from the Leach Public Library (Wahpeton, ND). Sculpture cost nine-thousand seven-hundred dollars.
Formerly attributed to E. M. Viquesney.
References:
Wesley, T. Perry, 1991.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Dakota survey, 1992.
Berchem-Nigg, Kenneth, 2006.
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 47260065
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
47260065
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