Francis McCray
Object NamePortrait Bust
Artist / Maker
Christian Petersen
(Danish - American, 1885 - 1961)
Date1935
OriginU.S.A.
MediumFired clay
Dimensions10 x 7 x 9 1/2 in. (25.4 x 17.8 x 24.1 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Friends of the University Museums. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberU89.35
Status
Not on viewLabel TextChristian Petersen sculpted this portrait of Francis McCray when both artists were working on the Public Works of Art Project. McCray's main responsibility was developing mural-scale drawings of the figures based on Wood's smaller designs and studies for the Iowa State library murals. As the Project went on, Wood invested still more authority in McCray until by 1937, when the mural Breaking the Prairie was being painted, McCray was the supervisor for that project.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Christian Petersen Art Museum
Object Name: Portrait Bust
Christian Petersen
1934
Object number: U89.39
Object Name: Drawing
Christian Petersen
1949
Object number: um92.90
