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Ad Code: 4
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from Auction House Records.
The Iwo Jima Monument
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Born in Vienna, Austria as the son of a prosperous textile manufacturer, Felix de Weldon became a painter and sculptor, whose most notable work is the bronze Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington Cemetery. It remains "the most famous monument of World War II" (Reynolds 161). He completed over 1200 public commissions including portrait busts, and depictions of military heroes, religious and political figures. He is the only artist in the world to have sculpture on all seven continents.
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