Cyrus Edwin Dallin (American, 1861-1944) Captured But Not Conquered

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Cyrus Edwin Dallin (American, 1861-1944)

Captured But Not Conquered
Signed and dated "© C.E. Dallin 1918" within the cast on the base reverse l.r.
Plaster on steel armature, 33 1/8 x 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (84.1 x 26.7 x 19.1 cm).
Condition: Break to right leg, stress cracks to left leg, loss to base l.l.

Literature: Kent Abrens, Cyrus E. Dallin: His Small Bronzes and Plasters (Corning, New York: Rockwell Museum, 1995),pp. 76-7, 110.

N.B. The sculpture depicts Sergeant Edgar M. Hallyburton, who was reportedly the first American soldier captured in World War I on November 3, 1917. Dallin was commissioned by the Publicity Committee of the Liberty Loan Committee of New England to create a statuette to fund the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan Campaigns. This plaster edition was "displayed in show windows of merchants throughout New England with a card reading--'FIRST American soldier captured by the Germans. How long shall we allow him to remain a prisoner? Buy Liberty Bonds and set him free.'" (1) The plasters were manufactured by P.P. Caproni & Brother of Boston, and a limited number were cast in bronze by Gorham. (2)

1. The Gillette Blade [monthly newsletter], September 1918, Vol. 1, No. 11 (Boston: Gillette Safety Razor Blade Company),p. 5.
2. Abrens, 76.
Estimate $2,500-3,500

Both legs have cracks within the calves, and there are losses to the figure's right leg around his ankle. There is wear and loss to the surface, primarily to the surface treatment, but also including some minor chips.


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