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Viquesney, E. M.,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Object -- Weapon
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Canyon
Sculpture
The Spirit of the American Doughboy, (sculpture).
Artist:
Viquesney, E. M., 1876-1946, sculptor.
Title:
The Spirit of the American Doughboy, (sculpture).
Dates:
Copyrighted 1920, 1934. Dedicated Nov. 11, 1928.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft.; Base: approx. H. 143 1/2 in. x W. 61 1/2 in.
Inscription:
On bronze tablet placed in front of monument: TO THOSE WHO OFFERED THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF THE NATION AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE OF RANDALL COUNTY WHO GAVE THEIR LAST MEASURE OF DEVOTION. (Left column:) ARCHIE KEY/CLIFFORD DOOLEY/WILLIE A. FLOYD/RANDALL MORELAND/WARREN MUCHISON (Right column:) VIRGIL BROWN/CLAYTON GAMEL/ELMER ZOELLARS/ERNEST WYNARD/GEORGE GUEST (Below names:) 1917-1918/DEDICATED BY THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY (On base, on small rectangular plaque, impressed in copper:) SPIRIT OF THE/AMERICAN DOUGHBOY/COPYRIGHTED BY/E.M. VIQUESNEY SCULPTOR/SPENCER, INDIANA unsigned
Description:
Figure of a World War I infantryman advancing through the stumps and barbed wire of No Man's Land. He is dressed in uniform, including a helmet, leggings and boots, with a backpack on his back and a cartridge belt around his waist. He holds a grenade in his upraised proper right hand and a rifle in his proper left hand. The bronze statue sits atop a tiered concrete base.
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 -- Texas -- Canyon
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Randall County, Courthouse Square, Canyon, Texas 79015
Located Randall County Courthouse Square, Canyon, Texas
Remarks:
The memorial was erected by The American Legion and dedicated Nov. 11, 1928.
IAS files contain excerpt from "The Randall County Story," by Mrs. Clyde Warwick, Pioneer Book Publishers, Inc., 1969, pg. 345; and articles from The Canyon News, Nov. 1, Nov. 8, and Nov. 15, 1928.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
Wesley, T. Perry, 1991.
SOS Achievement Award, 2000.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Warwick, Clyde, Mrs., "The Randall County Story," Pioneer Book Publishers, Inc., 1969, pg. 345.
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 47260106
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Inventory of American Sculpture
47260106
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