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Show j ' ' m MANY groups of statuary typical of the best work-in work-in American sculpture have been enlarged in the sculptural studios at the Panama-Pacific Inter- 1 national Exposition and now are displayed for the first 1 time. The figures are majestic in size and are dis- tinguished by the imagery and vigor which characterized character-ized the first models that were shown to the public. Examples of the various completed statues are shown in the illustrations herewith and an idea of the finished beauty and impressive- ness of the completed groups may he gained from the models. Other (I pictures accompanying this article show scale models which have re- V cently reached San Francisco. One of the most verile creations is the recently completed statue, ''The Pirate," rhich will adorn a side niche in the north wall entrance of the vast exposition city as it faces San Francisco harbor. Executed Ft by Allan Newman, the noted American, the design is from the conventional. con-ventional. The sculptor presents a type of northern sea-bandit of the earlier days. Physical strength, brutality, daring are portrayed in- a countenance that is as sinister as it is attractive. A beautiful figure is the recently completed statue which will surmount sur-mount the front of the pylons of Festival Hall. The figure, that of a gracefully draped woman, is the work of Sherry Fry, a number of whose designs decorate the grounds and palaces of the exposition. A superb conception is that of "The Miner," by Adolph Wcinart, to adorn the huge Palace of Mines and Metallurgy. In "The Mother of Tomorrow," To-morrow," A. Stirling Calder. actinc director of sculpture, has produced the figure of a young woman of the type in evidence during the conquest of the great plains of the west. The figure will be part of the superb group, "Nations of the West," to crown the lofty Arch of the Setting Sun, upon the west side of the great central court of honor, the Court of the Universe. An equally striking figure for this group is the "Alaskan," by Tiederick G. R. Roth. It portrays the figure of an Indian woman . bearing a great burden. One of the four great wall foundations for the Court of the Four Seasons is ready to be placed in position. The model is by Furio Piccirilli snd is conventional and classic in design. It displays an imaginative creation of "Summer." The miuFCular figure of an idealized man holds an infant, while the mother, a diminutive figure, reaches up with both hands to stroke the child. The summer of life and the summer of nature, when the products of man and the soil arc both at their heartiest, is expressed in the design. I " '' ' . :TrLg s JM muMiiiMiiM mm, i I m I I mM I |