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War or Peace, (sculpture). Artist:  Weber, Jurgen, 1928- , sculptor. Unknown (Berlin, Germany), founder. Title:  War or Peace, (sculpture). Dates:  1965-1971. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 x 50 x 1.5 ft.; Base: approx. 4.5 x 20 x 3 ft. Inscription:  (On banner held by figure in amphitheater just below the conductor:) JURGEN WEBER/AND HIS BAND (Right end:) 12.24.68/7.21.69 (In circular pattern:) Donated by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany/War or Peace/1965-1971/Jurgen Weber signed Description:  On the east side of the plaza at the entrance to the Kennedy Center is a tableau of nude figures in various scenes representing war and peace. From left to right the images depicted are: a bombed out city with a frantic figure clawing out of a bunker toward an exit sign and two figures wrestling on the ground, a knife poised at the throat of one figure, while fire and smoke billow out of the shells of buildings (represents War as a murder requiring personal involvement and War as an anonymous in the destruction of a bombed out city); a seated female nursing a baby and a male figure standing behind them (represents the family as a shield against War); a group embracing male and female figures dancing to music created by a nearby figure of Pan playing his flute, (represents Peace in the form of dancing lovers); an amphitheater filled with performers such as a conductor, Louis Armstrong and other jazz musicians, can-can girls, Hamlet with his mask, Mephistopheles with his mask of Faust, Pan playing the saxophone, and characters from the Three-Penny Opera with Diogenes carrying his lantern in search of an honest man (represents Peace as a creative arena). Subject:  Allegory -- Civic -- War Allegory -- Civic -- Peace Figure group -- Nude Figure group -- Family State of Being -- Death -- Murder Disaster -- Fire Recreation -- Dancing State of Being -- Emotion -- Love Portrait male -- Armstrong, Louis -- Bust Performing Arts -- Music -- Trumpet Performing Arts -- Music -- Jazz Performing Arts -- Music -- Conductor Performing Arts -- Dance -- Can Can Performing Arts -- Opera Object -- Musical Instrument -- Trumpet Object -- Musical Instrument -- Guitar Object -- Musical Instrument -- Saxophone Object -- Musical Instrument -- Flute Literature -- Shakespeare -- Hamlet Literature -- Character -- Hamlet Mythology -- Classical -- Pan Literature -- Goethe -- Faust Literature -- Character -- Mephistopheles Literature -- Character -- Faust Portrait male -- Diogenes Occupation -- Education -- Philosopher Ethnic -- Greek Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Located John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Entrance, Washington, District of Columbia 20566 Remarks:  Relief was a gift to the Kennedy Center from the West German government. This relief and its companion on the west side of the Kennedy Center entrance, "America," required more than 200 separate castings to complete. It took the artist four years to sculpt the two reliefs in plaster and another two years for the foundry in Berlin to cast the pieces. IAS files contain related articles from the Washington Star, Sept. 9, 1971; Washington Post, Sept. 3, 1971; and the News Portfolio, Sept. 4, 1971 which provide additional information on the meaning behind the relief and the artist's thoughts on the symbolism of the piece. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1994. Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 481-482. Illustration:  Image on file. Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 481. Related Works:  Companion to: DC000053. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS DC000054   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture DC000054 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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