Christian Petersen and an Unfolding Legacy of "The Unknown Political Prisoner"

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Date/Time:Sunday, 06 Nov 2022 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Location:Christian Petersen Art Museum, Reiman Gallery, Room 0003
Cost:Free
URL:https://www.museums.iastate.edu/calendar...-prisoner/
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Phone:515-294-3342
Channel:University Museums
Categories:Arts, performances
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Gather in the exhibition "All the Evils... Christian Petersen and the Art of War" in Morrill Hall for a gallery walk led by guest curator Lea Rosson DeLong focusing on the sculpture "The Unknown Political Prisoner." Recent research completed at the Museums of Modern Art and the Smithsonian Institution's Archives for American Art shed new light on Petersen's sculpture.

Learn about this sculpture's entry into an international competition, and its placement in the larger context of American art history.

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All the Evils... Christian Petersen and the Art of War

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Christian Petersen
Unknown Prisoner, 1944
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Gift of Helen J. Sebek. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.