. American homes and gardens. ple of all classes who visit ourmuseums, art galleries and sales-rooms of art shops and pick outwith unerring judgment and nicetyof taste, hitherto unknown—thebest work. Probably one of the most popularuses that modern small bronzes have been put tohas been in the creation, by many of our mostnoted sculptors, of book ends, which havebecome attractive adjuncts of the reading among these may be mentioned theHumanity book ends by Robert Aitken,illustrated, which from a sentimental andsculpturesque standpoint are inter-esting examples eloquent of thepoet
. American homes and gardens. ple of all classes who visit ourmuseums, art galleries and sales-rooms of art shops and pick outwith unerring judgment and nicetyof taste, hitherto unknown—thebest work. Probably one of the most popularuses that modern small bronzes have been put tohas been in the creation, by many of our mostnoted sculptors, of book ends, which havebecome attractive adjuncts of the reading among these may be mentioned theHumanity book ends by Robert Aitken,illustrated, which from a sentimental andsculpturesque standpoint are inter-esting examples eloquent of thepoetry and sanctity of the home andof the willing sacrifice of those whospend themselves in its preserva-tion. Of a more playful character,for the nursery or living-room, arethose by Miss Brenda Putnam—amost sympathetic treatment of ababys figure and of the interestedcuriosity excited by its discovery of the engaging eventhough external qualities of a new thing called a book. Copyright by Willard Dryden PaddockThe flower boys. Book-ends, Humanity, by Robert Aitken Copyright by Robert Aitken. 272 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS August, 1913 Of the many small bronzes by Willard Dry-den Paddock is the flower holder known asThe Flower Boys, reproduced on page 271,representing two male figures wrestling in abed of gravel in a wide mouthed bowl. Aparticularly charming effect is obtained by theinsertion of Narcissus, Jonquil, or other stiff-stemmed flowers between their arms. Thisattractive table accessory can be obtained ineither the antique green bronze or in a brownto harmonize with the surroundings. Mr. Paddocks Little Ship is also one ofthe small decorative bronzes which is typicalof the delightfully intimate character of hiswork. In strong contrast in subject and treatment isThe American Stoic by A. Stirling Calder,Director of Sculpture for the forthcomingPanama Exposition in San Francisco, repre- most in this very interesting line of endeavor. One of the most popular expressions for
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