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Sculptor:
Goodacre, Glenna 1939-2020  Search this
Landscape architect:
Dickie, George  Search this
Founder:
Art Castings of Colorado  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze with brown patina; Base: granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Located Constitution Gardens Washington District of Columbia
Date:
Commissioned 1991. Copyrighted 1993. Dedicated Nov. 11, 1993
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1995.
America's Battlefields & Memorials (a supplement to newsweeklies published by Army Times Publishing Co, Springfield, VA), June 24, 2002, pg. 43.
Dupre, Judith, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory," New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2007, pg. 153.
Southwest Art, July 1994.
Dupre, Judith, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory," New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2007, pg. 153.
Glenna Goodacre Sculptor/(copyright symbol) 1993 Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc. signed Founder's mark appears.
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
The sculpture depicts three female nurses assisting a wounded male soldier on the battlefield. A standing African-American female figure looks towards the sky. Another female figure kneels to her proper right, holding the soldier's helmet. The third female figure sits on a stack of sandbags with the wounded soldier lying across her lap.
Topic:
History--United States--Vietnam War  Search this
Figure group--Female  Search this
Occupation--Medicine--Nurse  Search this
Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this
Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform  Search this
State of Being--Illness--Wound  Search this
Control number:
IAS DC000027
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_318807