Sailors and Soldiers Memorial, (sculpture)
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Object Details
- sculptor
- Paeff, Bashka 1893-1979
- Johnson, Bernard
- Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine survey, 1994.
- SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 1999.
- Woman's Art Journal (Fall / Winter 2008): pg. 31-40.
- Image on file.
- Kittery Booklet Committee, "Kittery, Ancient and Modern," Kittery, ME: Kittery Booklet Committee, copyright 1931, pg. 10.
- Woman's Art Journal (Fall / Winter 2008): pg. 31-40.
- (On lower front of granite stele:) THE STATE OF MAINE /TO HER SAILORS AND SOLDIERS (On lower edge of allegorical bronze relief:) "Lord God of Hosts Be with us yet lest we forget, lest we forget" - Kipling (On lower left of allegorical relief:) BASHKA PAEFF/FECIT 1925 (On relief of state seal:) Bernard Johnson (On banner above state seal relief:) DIRIGO (On banner below state seal relief:) MAINE signed
- 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
- On one side of a granite stele is an allegorical bronze relief, "Sacrifices of War," that depicts a central female figure representing "Civilization" clutching a child and looking down upon death, which is represented by two dead bodies. In the background, heroism and self-sacrifice are represented by a battlefield image of World War I soldiers engaged in battle, one aiming a rifle and one tossing a grenade. On the other side of the stele is a bronze relief that depicts the Maine state seal, which features a central shield adorned with a pine tree above a reclining animal; flanked on the right by a sailor leaning against an anchor, and flanked on the left by a farmer leaning against a scythe. At the bottom of the seal is a banner inscribed with "MAINE." Above the state seal is a star within a pentagon and a small banner inscribed with "DIRIGO." At the bottom four corners of the stele are reliefs of wreathes.
- 1925. Dedicated May 31, 1926. Rededicated May 31, 2001
- Control number
- IAS ME000081
- Type
- Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
- Sculptures-Relief
- Sculptures-Stele
- Sculptures
- Medium
- Reliefs: bronze; Stele: white granite
- Owner/Location
- Administered by State of Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands 22 State House Station Augusta Maine 04333
- Located John Paul Jones Park Kittery Maine
- Title
- Maine Sailors and Soldiers Memorial, (sculpture)
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
- Topic
- History--United States--World War I
- Figure group--Female & Child
- Allegory--Life
- Figure group--Male
- State of Being--Death
- State of Being--Evil--War
- Architecture--Military--Battlefield
- Occupation--Military--Soldier
- Occupation--Military--Sailor
- Literature--Kipling
- Record ID
- siris_ari_321810
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply