DOI chapter:
Chapter IX Of Small Bronzes and Great Crafts
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AMERICAN SCULPTURE
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figures from street and fireside and
doorstep; they have the charm and in-
tegrity of folk-lore tales told in a
plastic medium. Animal form, as in
the days of Barye and Fremiet, easily
disports itself in this field. Miss
Hyatt, Mr. Roth, Mr. Laessle and
others press all the imaginable joys of
La Fontaine’s fables within the con-
tours of their bronze goats and bears,
tigers, turkeys, and elephants. Like
the fables themselves, these bronzes
are classics, as in the stricter sense, the
delightful groups of Manship and
Jennewein are classics.
Generally speaking, we do not like
a look of toil and endeavor in our
small bronzes; we want something
spontaneous, whether graceful or hu-
morous. Well and good. Yet here
again is a real danger; anyone who has
had the sobering privilege, year by
year, of reviewing the rank and file of
little plastic works presented for ex-
AND GREAT CRAFTS
179
figures from street and fireside and
doorstep; they have the charm and in-
tegrity of folk-lore tales told in a
plastic medium. Animal form, as in
the days of Barye and Fremiet, easily
disports itself in this field. Miss
Hyatt, Mr. Roth, Mr. Laessle and
others press all the imaginable joys of
La Fontaine’s fables within the con-
tours of their bronze goats and bears,
tigers, turkeys, and elephants. Like
the fables themselves, these bronzes
are classics, as in the stricter sense, the
delightful groups of Manship and
Jennewein are classics.
Generally speaking, we do not like
a look of toil and endeavor in our
small bronzes; we want something
spontaneous, whether graceful or hu-
morous. Well and good. Yet here
again is a real danger; anyone who has
had the sobering privilege, year by
year, of reviewing the rank and file of
little plastic works presented for ex-
AND GREAT CRAFTS