1946-47

Portrait bust commissioned by the Des Moines City Railway Company.

Study of seated boy reading a book.

Study of an aerial view of the locations of trees, stop signs, and the ISC sign with distances between them. Measurements and elevations are marked.

Five studies for monumental sculptural markers. One is a woman and the others are groups. Concepts for Campus Entry and "Conversations".

Seated figure of a girl.

Figures leaning against a wall.

Four studies of a seated, nude woman.

Woman seated looking at a book.

Man and woman leaning on a wall.

Study of a man, and a woman who is holding a child on her hip.

Study of a man, and a woman who is holding a child on her hip.

Woman seated with hands clasped around knees.

Woman seated with arms around legs.

Study of a man leaning and woman seated on a wall.

Study of a couple leaning on a wall, studying a book.

Man and a woman holding a child on her hip.

Study of three people grouped together looking at a book and of a single person sitting and looking at a book.

Study of clustered sculptures and corner detail of Lincoln Way and Beach Ave. where Petersen proposed a major sculpture grouping for the entrance to Iowa State College campus.

Three studies for "Conversations" and/or campus entry wall at Lincoln Way and Beach Ave. intersection.

Two studies with two figures in each leaning on walls.

Two studies of seated woman. One study has two infants below the seated woman.

Study of a grouping of three people.

Woman sitting on the ground with knees pulled toward her and her hands clasped around her knees. Sketch of bust of woman in upper right.

Studies of people. Concepts for campus entry.

Distance study with measurements and calculations for brick wall between groupings.

Instructions and measurements for building the brick wall.

Lines with measurements of distances for the wall construction.

Study of proposed dimensions for a bench, wall, stone, foundation and footing.

Studies and measurements for bases for the three groupings of figures.

Studies for proposed wall, with measurements and instructions for its construction including weights of the sculpture groupings in tons.

Study of two young men, one is sitting and the other is standing with an object in his hands. Stair steps indicate an entry of foyer.

Instructions and measurements for building the brick wall with the bedford limestone sculpture.

Preliminary model of Saint Cecilia seated with children at the end of a pool. Pool was later removed by owner. Saint Cecilia was replaced with the Virgin Mary in the final version.

Model for terra cotta Madonna of the Schools at Saint Cecilia School in Ames, Iowa.

Portrait bust. The model was a student in art appreciation at Iowa State College class during a Petersen sculpture demonstration, and later an architect for the Agronomy Building at Iowa State who invited Petersen to create the relief sculpture for the main entrance in 1951.

Full-length figure of Madonna holding the infant Christ. She stands on a tiered base with a wall. Two boys wearing contemporary clothing are on the left, and a girl kneels on the right. The children are looking at Mary. Installed in the summer of 1947.

Two sketches of Mary and Christ with a cross glowing behind them.