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Small plaster bust of newspaper editor William Allen White by Kansas artist Peter "Fritz" Felten, Jr. The model is associated with the 1981 installation of statues in the Kansas statehouse rotunda. A special committee selected Felten from Hays, Kansas, as the sculptor of statues depicting four notable Kansans--Arthur Capper, Amelia Earhart, Dwight Eisenhower, and White. Felten created this small model and three others to demonstrate his design concept. Residing primarily in Emporia, Kansas, William Allen White was a nationally recognized newspaper editor, politician, and author. In 1923, he won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. According to Felton, White's face proved difficult to sculpt because he was "a highly animated man."
Creator: Felten, Peter F., Jr.
Date: between 1979 and 1981
Item Number: 224824
Call Number: 1982.5.2
KSHS Identifier: 1982.5.2
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Artists
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Sculpture
Date - 1970s
Date - 1980s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Sculpture - Bust
People - Notable Kansans - White, William Allen, 1868-1944
Places - Cities and towns - Hays
Places - Counties - Ellis
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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