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Even history's very successful figural sculptors were not completely occupied with major commissions. This smalll "Running Diana" is a work from the same Sculptor who is responsible for the two tableaux on the south towers of Edward Bennett's Michigan Avenue Bridge.
PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. LINK TO THE ORIGINAL
Continuing comparisons from the previous post, Hering's nudes are not the sensuous compositions that mark Lorado Taft's work. This one shows great delicacy (and the influence of Hering's mentor, Augustus Saint Gaudens). Both, however, worked side-by side with women in their studios. Taft with Nellie Walker. And Hering with his wife Elsie Ward, an accomplished sculptor in her own right.
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