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165. John D. Pusey

Portrait bust of Petersen’s Iowa City friend who worked on Grant Wood’s Public Works of Art murals for the Iowa State College Library. Painted green.

Published onDec 15, 2023
165. John D. Pusey

In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

University Archives, Special Collections, Iowa State University Library, Ames, Iowa.

Date

1934

Material

Painted plaster

Dimensions

19 x 9 ½ x 9 1/2 in. (48.3 x 24.1 x 24.1 cm)

Description

Portrait bust of Petersen's Iowa City friend who worked on Grant Wood’s Public Works of Art murals for the Iowa State College Library. Painted green.

Markings

n/a

Provenance / Location

John D. Pusey; Family of John Pusey; David Wilmarth; CPAC, Purchased with funds provided by Beverly and Robert Boles. UM2013.61

Alternate Title(s)

n/a

Notes / Sources

Papers, SC, Box 5 f.1, Pusey correspondence. "Lilly likes “your head of me very much”", letter Dec 31, 1934.

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