The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
Goddess of Mercy. Ming Figure
in porcelain.

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stool is this mat the dis,rust of things
,bot ara. larh,d ,rf eosllv is general. ON
The o,b,r hand and we fear we are get
t,re i,tn Tho ru.lJln swing in advance
~ ou. prc,rrangcd nom mt on the
Ohio hand this agony is not to he
shared with tn. audience. II is cx-
cIusiy.iv for the artist and for the
80,
In Nh. pr.scnt work a winged angel
ts s.,t,5 n,on a rocky pinnacle. The
bright ,iebt thar heats upon her chosen
chrome reveal. cruel discrepancies in her
rronortiors thar surely were unattended.
The thighs are awkwardly attached to
n torso. itself in confusion. and the leg
that is claSpcd hy the angels hands is
wofullv wrong. Even the great wings,
tho part I'm most modern angel pictures
that Is usually successful, are sacrificed
10 get the brilliant light, and look as
though they we're made Of silk. All Of
th.s .r. however. unimpOrtant. 1t J.,
mentioned simply because others will
thiAk of q and perhaps thinl, too much
OF II.
What rrdccms these inaccuracies Of
workmanship is the quality already
mentioned. Thayer's seriousness. one
could forgive far worse mistakes than
those or his drauehtsmanship in view OF
HE leo, carrastpess and a grand sort
NJ n,lf,.,, tina, makes uscIf fclt nm
CANAAN, I, Ia , nitv that tho nointor
could 49,, have trusted carly in his ca
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H'f restricted to pinnacles'
i'l az I414l ~ the man WHO creams OF