Study for the History of Dairying: Courtyard

Object NameDrawing

Artist / Maker Christian Petersen (Danish - American, 1885 - 1961)

Date1934-1935

OriginU.S.A.

MediumPaper, brown colored pencil

Dimensions14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LinePurchased by University Museums from Mary Petersen by the Christian Petersen Memorial Fund. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Object numberum92.148

Status

Not on view

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Label TextIn his very first commission from Iowa State, Christian Petersen showed the sensitivity to the surroundings that would become a hallmark for the rest of his campus monuments. He was concerned not just with sculpture itself, but with the entire environment in which it would be seen the room it would be in, the architecture it would be attached to or, if it were an outdoor sculpture, the landscape design. Here, he saw his goal as the creation of an entire complex, containing the sculpture panels, a water fountain and pool, the courtyard and the existing architecture. For the Dairy Industry building, he used his sculpture as the focus of a "outdoor room" the would provide a sheltered, quiet and beautiful retreat in the center of the university.

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