1945

Portrait plaque of director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines. Cast by Gorham Co. Bronze Division. Mold destroyed in 1948.

Two plaster molds commissioned by Alice M. and Jack D. Rector of their son John at five months old. A bronze was cast by the owner from one of the two molds given them by Petersen.

Figure of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes.

Drawing of a priest who instructed Petersen when he was in the process of converting to Catholicism. Shows a priest reading from a breviary.

Sketch of figure squatting or crouching down, possibly ready to jump.

The artist’s daughter Mary with dutch braids in her hair.

Profile view of a mother with a baby on her lap.

Rough sketch of Saint Cecilia standing on a pedestal, holding a lyre.

Sculpture of a woman with a boy standing in front of her on a pedestal.

Sketch of standing robed figure with her hands on the shoulders of a child.

Recto: robed male standing on a pedestal. Verso: two heads in profile facing left in a round medallion.

Study of a plaque depicting a man kneeling and holding a flower; plaque is mounted on a brick column at St. Cecilia Church, Ames, Iowa.

Petersen is the featured speaker at the Rockford Art Association, Rockford, IL where modeled the head of a member from the audience.