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In Peace Sons Bury Their Fathers, in War the Fathers Bury Their Sons, (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Beach, Chester 1881-1956  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Type:
Sculptures-Medal
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Harvard University Fogg Museum 32 Quincy Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138 Accession Number: 1943.1657.16
Date:
1937
Notes:
Harvard University Art Museums, unpublished checklist, Nov. 1996.
Summary:
A scene of five male nudes carrying a stretcher with a dead man. The nude male in front caries a wreath in his right hand.
Topic:
Allegory--Civic--War  Search this
State of Being--Evil--War  Search this
State of Being--Death  Search this
Figure group--Male--Nude  Search this
Object--Other--Wreath  Search this
Control number:
IAS 20780140
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_332379