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    		• Gage, Merrell,
     
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    		• Franklin, G. B.,
     
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    		• Chicago Art Bronze Works,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Ethnic -- French
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    American Legion Memorial II, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Gage, Merrell, 1892-1981, sculptor.
    Franklin, G. B., architect.
    Chicago Art Bronze Works, founder.
    Title: 
    American Legion Memorial II, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1921. Dedicated Oct. 30, 1921.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Relief panel: bronze; Stele: limestone or Tennessee marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Relief panel: approx. 30 in. x 7 ft. 5.5 in. x 2 in.; Stele: approx. 7 ft. 5 in. x 12 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Lower left corner:) Gage (Lower right corner:) Chicago Art Bronze Works (Across top of stele:) DEDICATED BY KANSAS CITY TO THE AMERICAN LEGION POSTS signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Relief panel depicts American soldiers entering a ruined French village, with wounded French soldiers and refugees. Fourteen soldiers are facing proper right, and the remaining eight figures, primarily civilians, are facing proper left. Centered approximately ten inches below the relief panel on the stele is a semi-circular basin of a non-functional drinking fountain. Projecting westward from the north and south edge of the stele are two pedestals with victory wreaths etched into each vertical face.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Male
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Ethnic -- French
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Object -- Other -- Wreath
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Kansas City, Missouri, Department of Parks and Recreation, Planning Services Division, 4600 East 63rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64130
    Located Swope Park, Meyer Boulevard entrance, Kansas City, Missouri
    Remarks: 
    "Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City" states medium of stele as Tennessee marble, while Save Outdoor Sculpture survey reports medium as limestone.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1993.
    Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Kansas City, MO, "Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City," 1987, pg. 2.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    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 76000872
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