$1,560
Cyrus Edwin Dallin (American, 1861-1944) Captured But Not Conquered Signed and dated "© C. E. Dallin 1918" within the cast on the base reverse l.r. Plaster on steel armature, 33 1/8 x 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (84.1 x 26.7 x 19.1 cm). Condition: Break to right leg, stress cracks to left leg, loss to base l.l. Literature: Kent Abrens, Cyrus E. Dallin: His Small Bronzes and Plasters (Corning, New York: Rockwell Museum, 1995), pp. 76-7, 110. N.B. The sculpture depicts Sergeant Edgar M. Hallyburton, who was reportedly the first American soldier captured in World War I on November 3, 1917. Dallin was commissioned by the Publicity Committee of the Liberty Loan Committee of New England to create a statuette to fund the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan Campaigns. This plaster edition was "displayed in show windows of merchants throughout New England with a card reading--'FIRST American soldier captured by the Germans. How long shall we allow him to remain a prisoner? Buy Liberty Bonds and set him free.'" (1) The plasters were manufactured by P.P. Caproni & Brother of Boston, and a limited number were cast in bronze by Gorham. (2) 1. The Gillette Blade [monthly newsletter], September 1918, Vol. 1, No. 11 (Boston: Gillette Safety Razor Blade Company), p. 5. 2. Abrens, 76.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-02-01
