The four tall statues of women on pedestals were hard to miss. The auction-house staff had placed the white stone figures near the front-door entrance. That was not surprising; it’s what they do at the first signs…
Category: Statues
Years ago, whenever my friend Elaine encountered a small Buddha statue, she’d rub its belly for good luck. It was a round pot-belly, smooth and exposed, likely touched too many times by too many people with…
Enslaved woman in John Rogers’ “The Fugitive’s Story”
Posted in Art, Black history, slavery, and Statues
The three men in the sculpture were stalwarts of the abolitionist movement of the 19th century. Sculptor John Rogers had captured them for eternity in a grouping titled “The Fugitive’s Story.” Poet John Greenleaf Whittier,…
I found the bronze-looking statue of the boy on a table near a wall among furniture and other items prior to a special sale at the auction house. It took a while to find him,…
“Aunt Jemima on the side of a pancake box.” Those were the words we teased each other with as children growing up in Georgia. We were all familiar with the round-faced black woman with the scarf on…
The cows were peeking from behind life-sized stone Roman figures. One sheep stood between two metal tractor-seat bar stools, while another seemed to be grazing on concrete. Nearby was a crocodile that looked much too real. The…