Stephen Vincent Benet
Object NamePortrait Bust
Artist / Maker
Christian Petersen
(Danish - American, 1885 - 1961)
Date1937
OriginU.S.A.
MediumPlaster
Dimensions16 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (41.9 x 14 x 24.1 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Friends of the University Museums. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberU89.37
Status
Not on viewLabel TextPortrait bust of Benet (1898–1943), a writer best known for his Civil War narrative poem John Brown’s Body (1928). Benet had visited Iowa State College in fall 1937, and Petersen created both sketches and two busts after his death.
Published ReferencesAmes Daily Tribune, Jan. 1, 1938.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Christian Petersen Art Museum
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