New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-06
sCULPTORS INDIGNANT
adams MONUMENT TALK.
Deplore Unauthorized Reproduction
of Saint-Gaudens,s WOrk.

s,,,,-.ors and artists IN this city we're muoh
.r7e,estea Yesterday in The Tribune's announce
,nen+ OF the facts concerning the unanihoi iI7O
reproduction in Baltimore Of the late Ans
ssfn+- g,audens's Adams monument III WASH
sngton-
General indignation was expressed 81 the cree
.ior Of the copy. without authority from M
Adams who bought the sculptors "oIh anu
Yiaced Il IN his private property in the HoeK
Greek Cemetery in Washington OF from 'i'
Essint-caudens estate. The sentiment was that
.,,cb works should be protected from reproouc-
I'm v-ff,a,t express permission, and several
artists vented strong expressions as TO those
who made the COPY and sold it &c Genera eli>
Azn1ls. 81 Baltimore.
Daniel g French. the sculptor. said tha1 'lie
incident was surprising to him
TT looks like plain stealing TO me-. SAID nj
French The monument was bought a1o fai''
for bv Mr. Adams. and aside from the seliO-
-,.n+sr and artistic interest Of Mr.. Saint-Ga2-
dens and his heirs in wishing that there sho'iu
he no unauthorized copies Of it extant' II was
nsr A5snns's personal property. placed by MN
IN his own land should say that the trans
action was dishonest and 1nprofesslena1-
Karl Bitter shared Mr.. French's view he
was amazed al the information oonFeSeu -
The Tribune's article yesterday
IT seems tc me" he said, that the common
Law REGARDING theft would cover the case PEI
sectlz Certainly IT ought 70 make ire desIru
zion OF the cops possible. if there was TO 81
shortly for the reproduction. That copy should
not be allowed to stay. That is outrageous
Edwin Blashfeld the painter. like Mr. Bitter
rs5 been amazed at the story Of the reproduc-
sim He shared the ndignation Of his 1eIo"
.,tists and said that something should he cone
n nreveut such appropriation Of another man :
work. :.
lanes Fraser was familiar with the facts ii
the case before they appeared IN Inc lri'ulie
hut his greater familiarity with the subject olo
not make the expression Of his feelings less We
s1e,neut than that Of his colleagues han peer-
u know about this case" ne said, and / am
certainly Of the opinion that something shonlC
h. done about it 1 am more than glad that l ne
Tribune has seen fit 20 publish the facts. for they
xborl5 he generally known in order that this sort
of thing may be stopped
The reproduction OF such a masterpiece as
that OF Nj Saint-Gaudens should not be allowed
20 PASS unnoticed and UNPUBLISHED. II that Is
r,ossible DO not know whether the monument
vas copyrighted. but Il is private work OF
private land and carefully placed and guarded
Certainly It would seem to be protected
you know that bronze companies and casting
.onoerns 5o more OF less OF this sort Of thing
They will hire some sculptor. a young fellow
and nav him 50 much day TO copy such mas
tsrpieces as those Of Ssint-Ciaudens- Then they
will cast the works and sell them wherever they
car, TO people VINO think they are getting orig
snal works and pay high prices for them in that
defusfon do not know Mr.. Pausch, VINO IS
said 10 have done this work. at all ano' OF
course am not familiar with the special circum-
stances in this case"
other artists and scuptors were quite as free
sr the expression of their opinions All agreed
that stems should be taken TO protect such works
as the Adams monument from unauthorized re-
production for the sake Of the reputation Of the
artists involved. well as for the protection OF
rstrons OF art who ordered such works.