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Chicago : " un Indien dans la ville "

Chicago : " un Indien dans la ville "

Laura Perinelli, RicksPics, , J. Gafarot and 16 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Leo W
Leo W club
Eine monumentale Skulptur des Ureinwohners. Wohin der Pfeil wohl zielt.
8 years ago.
 .t.a.o.n.
.t.a.o.n.
excellent !
8 years ago.
 Rainer Blankermann
Rainer Blankermann
Tolle Skulptur. Schöne Komposition. Das Foto und auch der Titel gefallen mir.
8 years ago.
 'ºLº'
'ºLº'
"The bowman"., missing his weapon, thus meant to be left to the imagination ;one of two statues at the entrance to Grant Park, made in Zagreb I'm told by the sculptor Ivan Meštrović (installed in 1928)..the other one being "The Spearman"..
It is good to put it in context there I think " to commemorate the Native American and symbolize the frontier struggles that birthed the United States, depicting natives atop horses in dramatic battle poses"
History condensed in one pic !! ! And it looks anachronistic here now in front of the urban buildings of Chicago; such a contrast, and striking it is ..
8 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.
Christel Ehretsmann club has replied to 'ºLº'
oui : c'est cette présence anachronique qui m'a interpelée ...
cette Histoire presque allègrement oubliée...
8 years ago.
Damir has replied to Christel Ehretsmann club
Leonora a raison =
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bowman_and_The_Spearman

and I add a nice portfolio about Mestrovic, friend of Rodin...=
www.flickr.com/photos/93051314@N00/albums/72157594148443846
8 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.
'ºLº' has replied to Damir
Merci D, pour le lien sur les œuvres de Meštrović ;-)
8 years ago.
Christel Ehretsmann club has replied to Damir
merci pour ce lien...
8 years ago.
 J. Gafarot
J. Gafarot club
Excellent, thank you.
8 years ago.
 RicksPics
RicksPics club
Nice photograph that brings strong memories from my youth. When I was a boy in Chicago, this American native statue, obviously missing the bow in his left hand, was unsettling for the absence of the weapon. I assumed it had been vandalized and I could not understand why it was never repaired. Only recently did I discover that this was an intentional omission by the sculptor to focus the viewer on the man and horse, a clever device I think. The sculptor is Ivan Mestrovic, a Croatian artist. This and a companion piece of a native American seeming to hurl a spear (also missing), were installed in 1928.
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
Christel Ehretsmann club has replied to RicksPics club
thank you for your words and interesting details about that statue !
6 years ago.

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