The Washington times., 1921-04-03

that piece Of plaster shaped AN1
to the models body, matches .--AA
larger piece and helps form the
mould inside.
Presently, after many hours
Of pecing together the Of plaster which stood
the platform when the girl still inside rebuilt up
Tar tho knees The difference that where the model
feet and calves and knees were, there is hollow
shaped she Into this hollow workmen pour more
plaster first having sprayed the hollow places with oil and
grease the fresh plaster will not fix itself to the mould
The process Of reassembng is continued with every
once In while new pouring Of soft plaster into the ho
low places which represent the model After twelve or
fourteen hours perhaps the pieces have all been put to-
gether, properly assembled and inside, where the girl
stood before of plaster hardening into her
enough retain its shape Then the hammers and chsels
come into play again and the outer plaster again broken
away.
Now there stands the platform plaster image of
the model herself Each toe and finger, each dimple
each rounded is faithfully reproduced To the
artist it is as IL the model herself whitened with powder
were standing there.
Sometimes this plaster cast of model is remoulded
for reproduction in bronze. This done only however
when the statue to be made is to be of type known
garden ststuary commercial works Of art for the
lawns Of country estates, where preense considered
important than dependence upon artistic TASTE which
Is expensive.
Quite often artist will one model for all the
feminine figures in group design. In each figure her
face will be edferent-idealized-bu her form in all its
different poetures will be the In such cases It il
unusual for the artist have his model cast in plaster for
the minor poses he may virtually his group visual
lied while he working from the model herself the
main figure.
It very long ago that very interesting
before the French courts in which the question to the
identity Of the model for certain was deeply in
voved and in which the model having been discovered
escaped embarrassment by proving that she had
not actually posed before the artist in the esh but had
supplied him with plaster cast Of herself only.
noted sculptor, Jules Monceau had offered for exhi-
bition statue Of beautifully formed young woman
standing slightly bent forward her lips held out fetch
ingy her hands held in clasp behind her back It
very daring thing Only the superb artistry Of the
sculptor, to which added in the public consideration
the conventional greatness Of his name saved the creation
from being condemned as too much of adver-
tisement Of feminine lure.
The statue attracted wide attention. There was a
great deal of controversy It. The grave officials Of
the Luxembourg hestant about giving space for
time and there at storm of protest from the
liberal artists, who pronounced the Luxembourg officials
''old dotards.
While this give and take at height the journal
lists Of Paris hit upon tho idea Of discovering the model
and questioning her. Especially were they inspired to
this diversion by tho fact that whoever the young woman
might be she certainly Of the professional
models of the Latin Quarter.
This had been early established by canvass of ell Of
them and it certain that any model who had been the
original would have rushed to proclaim her distinction
Yet known the sculptor had not been AWAY from