The Doughboy, also known as the Ohio World War Memorial, is a 1930 bronze soldier by Arthur Ivone, rising about 10 feet tall outside the Ohio Statehouse here in Columbus, Ohio. The work depicts a male soldier and rises to approximately 10 feet (3.0 m) tall. It is mounted on a stone base that carries bronze plaques on three sides, details that invite a closer look.
The statue was installed on the building's grounds in 1930 and has been cared for over time: it underwent a restoration by George Wright between 1989 and 1992, and was later surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture! program in 1994. As you stand, take in the sculptor's choice of bronze and scale; the title, The Doughboy, links this figure to the World War memorial purpose noted in its alternate name.
Think of the years stamped into its history — its installation in 1930, the late-twentieth-century restoration from 1989 to 1992, and the 1994 survey — as layers of attention that have kept it part of these grounds. Notice the bronze plaques on three sides of the stone base beneath this ten-foot soldier.