Monday, May 24, 2010

Garfield Park: Pastoral [By Lorado Taft]







Pastoral..
By Lorado Taft..
Location: Garfield Park..
Check out it's companion sculpture "Idyl".. click here..

The marker reads..
Sculptor Lorado Taft originally crafted this pair of sculptures in plaster for a 1909 art exhibition in Garfield Park garden. In 1913, they were executed in marble and placed at the entrance of Garfield Park Conservatory's Palm House..













1 comments:

Association of Historians said...

Thank you for sharing beautiful photos and introducing me to several sculptures not familiar to me. I esp appreciate your including dates--which increases their value for students of art history.