International studio (59.1916)

Memorial Sculpture in Denver


SCULPTURE FOR THE M’PHEE
MEMORIAL IN DENVER

EMORIAL SCULPTURE IN DEN-

J^i^lARIO
CwORBEL

Memorial sg
Mario Korbel has created a beau¬

tiful and significant work in the
bronze which he contributed to the McPhee
Memorial recently erected in Denver, Colorado.
The heroic figure of a woman, the head bowed,
and arms folded in a gesture of ineffable sym-
pathy, is most compelling in its suggestion of
resignation to the inevitable and of hope and be-
lief in the future. The severe immobile lines of
the drapery help to emphasize the noble sim-
plicity which distinguishes throughout the latest
work of Korbel. The whole is effectively sil-
houetted against a temple-like structure of classic
design.
It is a hopeful sign that gradually people in
America are beginning to realize that, after all,
our desire to preserve the memory of the departed
in some enduring form should not be given ex-

pression through the efforts of a '‘Mortuary
Memorial Monument Art Company,” who, in
marble or bronze, will according to stereotype
patterns, without originality or imagination,
fashion a work whose only claim to immortality
lies in the imperishable quality of the material,
but that it is decidedly the office of the sculptor
and the architect to beautify the City of the
Dead with works that really belong to art and
have in them the elements of beauty which will
be an inspiration and consolation to the beholder.
A COSTUME EXHIBITION IN NEW
YORK
A special exhibition of costumes, both theat-
rical and masquerade, together with costume
drawings, will be held in the galleries of the Na-
tional Society of Craftsmen, 119 East 19th Street
beginning Wednesday, October the fourth, and
lasting for one week. Those who enjoyed Mr.
Granville Barker’s productions two years ago and
the more recent visit of the Ballet Russe will wel-
come this opportunity of seeing what American
designers can do in this most difficult and fascin-
ating art.

THE SAME FIGURE IN PROFILE


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