Monument in honor of the soldiers, sailors and marines
Classification
architecture
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of the Estate of Christian Francis Rosborg
Accession Number
1953-26-8
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection *Monument in Honor of Soldiers, Sailors and Marines* (1910–20) as a poignant architectural tribute crafted by Danish-American artist Christian Francis Rosborg (18811953). Gifted by the artist's estate, this work reflects the era's growing tradition of public memorials, where architecture blended with sculpture to immortalize collective sacrifice. Though the exact medium remains under study—fittingly noted as "Research in Progressits classification as architecture suggests a grand, enduring structure designed for civic spaces, evoking ...