Administered by City of Seattle Seattle Arts Commission 312 1st Avenue North Seattle Washington 98109
Located Seattle Center Veterans Hall Seattle Washington
Date:
Dedicated 1932
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994.
Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 117.
Image on file.
Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 117.
(Around outer edge of self-base:) AMERICAN DOUGHBOY BRINGING HOME VICTORY unsigned
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Summary:
Full-length figure of a World War I soldier. He is dressed in uniform, has a rifle slung over his proper right shoulder, which he holds with his proper right hand, and wears a helmet. On his back and in his belt he carries various tools and implements; there is a German army helmet hanging from his proper right shoulder. Behind his proper left foot is a mortar shell, lying on the ground. The soldier is smiling. The bronze sculpture rests on a stone base.
