JAMES EARLE FRASER . The Discoverers ... At Dawn.

Henry Hering was responsible for Sculpture on the two South Michigan Avenue Bridge Towers.  (See Previous POSTS).  This is our first look at James Earle Fraser's work on the North Michigan Avenue Bridge Towers.  There are substantial differences in composition, subject and interpretations.  Although both studied under Augustus Saint Gaudens.  But the best place to start is with the details.  Pictured below is a secondary figure from 'THE DISCOVERERS."

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These photos were taken at dawn on the Summer Summer Solstice in 2009.  Fraser's work often seems to take a second place to Hering's.  Part of this, surely, is that they face North.  And are in shadow for most of the year. 

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