International studio (58.1916)

Garden Sculpture


THE SCULPTURE GARDEN AT GORHAM’S

Garden sculpture
BY GRACE HUMPHREY
An old Persian proverb avows that

if you eat the fruit of tree or vine,
out in the sunshine on the soil where it grew, it
can do you no harm. The growth of the suburb,
the rapid increase of country homes, and the
development of gardens have brought in their
train a demand for outdoor sculpture, which if
gradually has none the less come permanently.
Americans have been in the habit of purchasing
in Europe works of art which often fail because
created in a foreign atmosphere, to fit their new
environment.

Meanwhile there has been growing up, right in
our midst, a group of young sculptors whose work
should be known to the American public; if it
falls somewhat below, judged by strictest aca-
demic rules and standards, it more than balances
in the scales because it suits our American sur-
roundings. It is the product of our native feel-
ing for sculpture, of our sunshine, and utilized

GIRL DRINKING BY EDWARD
STUDY FOR A FOUNTAIN MCCARTAN


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