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"Mercury" (messenger of the Gods) |
Miller Nichols discovered in storage a crate which had never been opened. It was this bronze statue of Mercury. Upon discovering the lost treasure, Nichols placed it in the entrance to stairway to west of the Plaza Association at 450 Ward Parkway.
Mercury is the Roman God of trade, commerce, gain, luck, travel, good gifts, and the messenger of the Gods.
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"Out to Lunch" |
Seated male figure on a large stone rock. He is holding a partially eaten hamburger in proper right hand and reading from an open book in proper left hand. Casually seated with feet apart, proper left foot rolled over on side.
He is reading "There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch" by Milton Friedman. Book open to page with inscribed text beginning "Is money too tight....."
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"Pan (Bacchus) Fountain" |
A sculptural group set within a quatrefoil basin. A central male bust, a terminal pedestal, is surrounded by four female figures. Figures represent Bacchus holding court, surrounded by his female nymphs and male satyrs. Male bust of Bacchus depicts a youthgul head with flowing locks of hair. Grapevines curl around the pedestal. Oak leaves and acorn form a wreath in his hair. The female figure to the left of Bacchus on the north elevation is portrayed kneeling and looking backward with an upraised arm that supports multiple folds of drapery. Her backward gaze is direcvted toward a clovenhoofed satyr figure who is reaching up to touch her with a pine branch. To the right of Bacchus on the north side of the sculpture, a fremale fiture is looking up at the central bust and a child's figure is holding a garland of flowers and leaning back against her. A child figure with insectlike wings appears on west elevation. The south elevation contains a female figure who gazes outward, portrayed with sheaves of wheat beside her and sprigs of wheat in her hair. She holds a cornucopia. The adjacent figure on the south side has a cat-o-mine tails in her hair and holds a scallop shell. The child figure in front of her and beneath her is shown on his hands and knees in pursuit of a frog. His legs end in a webbed tail-like form suggesting a mermaid figure.
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"Quiet Talk" |
Kneeling bronze female figure on rectangular granite base holding girl on lap, heads touching.
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"Ruth" |
Ruth is on her proper right knee, kneeling and is holding sheafs of wheat while gazing out to her proper right. The center panel of the base is a bas relief depicting the story of Ruth from the Bible.
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