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Show WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Clay Model Gave Utahn Start To World Renown as Sculptor f v : ' : ' I i i w L V...-A ... eetter N: Watte ate IWr saw ttaaa. mm4 Halt Laaar. ate eratterte te th. fowt remote f the warts, oera erMnlanrl lankily, aftoa la tae total Mwt, JH Save en Jarwaas to atata piiatl atal ftetet af taSiatet. eae-t. aiay hate Srapare fraas tat at mm farter.. Tae The Ttarerant. la a eartat af erodes, eras teirceft Ma reeaera iiimrtit. By MORRIS GU8S Springyillo-born Cyrus K. Dallln, one of the most distinguished sculptors sculp-tors In the world, likes to recall his work aa a mine cook in 1179, when, after displaying a clay model to a visitor, he waa given fare to Boa-ton Boa-ton then "the aeat of culture" that he might study sculpure. Mr. Dallln, who has won international inter-national fame as an Interpreter of the American Indian in sculpture, still resides In Boston, where he maintains his studio. He gained his vast knowledge of Indian lore during his youth, while hia family lived on the fringe of the Utah frontier. Maseaaoit la Outstanding His outstanding work in his native na-tive state stands in the rotunda of the state capital. It is a statue of the great Indian chief Maaeasoit His other works include the Angel An-gel Moroni on the Salt Lake L. D. 8. -temple and the Pioneer monument monu-ment at the head of Main street Today the 78-year-old art let, honored hon-ored by numerous world's fairs, expositions, ex-positions, art eocietiee, universities and many cities in the world, cherishes cher-ishes - his boyhood ambition "to make things." The subject Mr. Dallin most dearly dear-ly loves to portray is the Indian, and, of all subjects, his "Appeal to tha Great Spirit" is best known throughout the world. It represents a Sioux chief, aaddened by the arrival ar-rival of white pioneers, atop his horse, his soul crushed, pouring CYBI S E. DALLIN He "liked to make things." i forth hi plea in silent prayer: Mr. Deliln'a work are scattered throughout this country and Europe. Eu-rope. In the rotunda of the Library of Congress stands his "Sir Isaac Newton." Hia statues Include the widest range of subjects, from Don Quixote in full armor, mounted on hia steed, to the doughboy prisoner of "Captured, but Not Conquered," which was the subject of nationwide nation-wide newspaper comment during the last months of the World war. |