The Alaskan (unfortunately almost lost to view in
the present placing of the group), the Canadian Trapper, and the mounted
Indian are all worthy of prolonged study; and the figure of the Mother
of Tomorrow is one of the finest bits of sculpture at the Exposition. In
these figures, and only slightly less so in the other figures of this
and the opposite group, there is ample evidence that the American
sculptors have outgrown the traditions of by-gone "schools" and have
developed a genuine native medium of expression. The two groups are the
work of A. Stirling Calder, Leo Lentelli, and Frederick G. R. Roth in
collaboration.
Figures at north and south of sunken garden. Flanking the stairways to
the sunken garden at north and south are four large figures by Robert
Aitken, typifying "The Elements."
Air is at the west end of the south stairway, and is represented as a
huge winged female figure putting a star in her hair. Two birds,
old-time symbols of the air, complete the suggestion. At the back a man
has tied himself to the wings of the figure typifying man's effort to
put to his own use the wings of the air.
Earth is placed at the east end of the south stairway. A huge female
figure rests on conventionalized rocks, and a formalized tree partially
supports her. At the back two small struggling figures are seen,
typifying man's struggle with the forces of earth.
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