Photo: Flickr.com member ''Stabilizer'', copyright 2008, used by permission.
DOUGHBOY STATUES BY GEORGE F. YOSTEL,
USING VIQUESNEY'S MOLDS
In at least two locations (both cemeteries), statues that at first appear to be copies of Viquesney's 1920 pressed copper version can be found, but are by another sculptor, George F. Yostel, and titled "Spirit of our Heroes". It appears that after Viquesney switched from pressed copper to cast zinc in 1934, his old foundry, Friedley-Voshardt Company of Chicago, Illinois, continued to make the old sheet copper molds available to other artists. The two known examples occur at Vestal, New York and Blue Ash, Ohio (shown above). The Vestal statue was damaged at some point and the pose was "restored" to look like another statue at Cooperstown. But the torso and gas mask pouch markings, legs, and tree stumps give the statue's foundry origins away.
Because these statues were made using most of Viquesney's original molds (the grenade hand has been altered, perhaps to hold a flagstaff), they are included as genuine Viquesney Doughboys.
Because these statues were made using most of Viquesney's original molds (the grenade hand has been altered, perhaps to hold a flagstaff), they are included as genuine Viquesney Doughboys.
