Price of Victory
Object NameSculpture
Artist / Maker
Christian Petersen
(Danish - American, 1885 - 1961)
Date1944
OriginUSA
MediumPainted plaster
Dimensions36 x 18 x 16 in. (91.4 x 45.7 x 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Mary Petersen. Conservation funded by Stockman Foundation and Ellen and Bernard Skold. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberUM99.297
Status
Not on viewLabel TextThis sculpture reflected Petersen's grief for all fallen soldiers. He had a deep feeling that every battle death was a profound loss. He wanted the sculpture to memoralize those losses when peace time arrived.
Published ReferencesIowa State Daily, June 21, 1962; Iowa State Daily, May 8, 1968; Iowa State Scientist, Nov. 1954; Des Moines Register, Nov. 26, 1942; Farm Journal and Farmers Wife, Oct. 1943; Image: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), July 7, 1968; Ames Daily Tribune, May 5, 1972.
Object Titles[com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.ObjectTitle@890e]
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Christian Petersen Art Museum
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Frank Miller
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