Bas-relief--Iowa; Dairying; Agricultural education; Iowa State University--Art collections; Sculptors--Iowa; Public art--Iowa; Photographs
Dairy industry bas relief (terra cotta 1934). Text authored by Horticulture Professor Jules Cool Cunningham. Located in Food Sciences Building lobby formerly the Dairy Industry Building on the Iowa State University campus.
Bas-relief--Iowa; Dairying; Agricultural education; Fountains--Iowa; Iowa State University--Art collections; Sculptors--Iowa; Public art--Iowa; Photographs
Dairy industry bas relief and sculpture (terra cotta 1934) Located in Food Sciences Building courtyard formerly the Dairy Industry Building on the Iowa State University campus.
Dairying; Agricultural education; Iowa State University--Art collections; Sculptors--Iowa; Public art--Iowa
Christian Petersen standing behind The History of Dairying sculpture (terra cotta1934) Located in Food Sciences Building courtyard formerly the Dairy Industry Building on the Iowa State University campus.
Dairying; Agricultural education; Fountains--Iowa; Iowa State University--Art collections; Sculptors--Iowa; Public art--Iowa; Photographs
Frontal view of The History of Dairying bas relief and sculpture fountain (terra cotta1934) Located in Food Sciences Building courtyard formerly the Dairy Industry Building on the Iowa State University campus.
Iowa State University--Engineering; Artists--Iowa; Eli Lilly and Company; Awards--United States; Medals
Medal awarded for biological chemistry by the Eli Lilly & Co. (and through the American Chemical Society). Recto: male chemist in laboratory looking into a microscope. Verso: Male seated under a tree, studying the frog in his outstretched hand. ...
Iowa State University--Engineering; Artists--Iowa; Sculptors--Iowa; Sculpture; Sculpture techniques
This painted plaster study of 4 buffalo running was created by Christian Petersen during his employment by the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) in Iowa City, Iowa. The study was a preliminary model for a proposed bridgehead sculpture in Des...
Petersen, Christian, 1885-1961; Iowa State University; Public art
Four Seasons Fountain with the Memorial Union in the background. The maiden facing front nurses her newborn, the maiden facing right holds a basket of maize, and the maiden facing left plants the seed corn. The fourth maiden (not visible) holds ...
Fox Indians; Indians of North America--Iowa; Indians of North America--Iowa; Artists--Iowa; Sketches
Sketch of mother and daughter working in the garden (titled ""Garden Time on p. 122 in the Cha-Ki-Shi). Includes editorial comments and dimensions on border.
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943; Petersen, Christian, 1885-1961.
Statue of George Washington Carver by Christian Petersen, sculptor-in-residence in the late 1940's. Originally a plaster sculpture, it was given to the University and placed in Carver Hall at the dedication of the hall in 1970 by the Class of 1968....
Fox Indians; Indians of North America--Iowa; Indians of North America--Iowa; Artists--Iowa; Letters
February 5, 1936
Hiss Halla Rhode
Miss Bessie Coon
1357 East 13th Street
Des Moines, Iowa
Dear Miss Rhode and Miss Coon:
Again I am writing you about the pictures for CHA-KI-SHI. I had
a talk with our printer...
Personal letter from Christian Petersen friend, engraver George Nerney (Massachusetts), describing his responses to Hello Beautiful, a printed booklet Petersen created for his daughter Mary Charlotte Petersen.
Christian Petersen in his studio working on a full-size clay model of the Madonna of the Schools, with small clay versions of all the St. Cecilia sculptures.
