Murray Children
Object NamePortrait Plaque and Mold
Artist / Maker
Christian Petersen
(Danish - American, 1885 - 1961)
Date1942
OriginUSA
MediumPlaster, painted
Dimensionsa = 17 3/4 x 25 x 1 1/4 in. (45.1 x 63.5 x 3.2 cm)
b = 23 1/2 x 30 x 4 in. (59.7 x 76.2 x 10.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Alice (William) Murray. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberUM93.25ab
Status
Not on viewCultureAmerican
Label TextThis plaster mold (UM93.25a) is of the three William Murray children of Ames, Iowa. On the finished plaque in the permanent collection (UM93.25b), the three children are sitting in a line all facing to the left with the elder boy, David, on the extreme right, next the girl, Jean, and then the younger boy, John.
Markingsb: Christian Petersen signed on the lower right side.
Published ReferencesImage: Iowa Homemaker, vol. 22 no.5, 1942.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Christian Petersen Art Museum
Object Name: Drawing
Christian Petersen
c. 1942
Object number: um92.247
Object Name: Sculpture
Christian Petersen
1942
Object number: U88.66
Object Name: Mixed Media
Emily Arthur
2017
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Object Name: Prints
1860
Object number: 74.32.213ab