Word: follettee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sculptor Davidson produced three models before he was satisfied. The first was the reposeful family La Follette. The second was a composite of qualities. The final version was the militant figure of the Senate chamber. It was the intimacy of the Russian journey which allowed the sculptor to rely so...
The impressive result of one such meeting was displayed, last week, in Manhattan?a five-ton marble statue of the late Senator Robert Marion La Follette by Sculptor Jo Davidson. The work was commissioned by the State of Wisconsin, and will shortly be placed in Statuary Hall at the Capitol...
Five years ago Jo Davidson traveled in Russia for several weeks with Senator La Follette. On their return to Paris a bust and some sketches were made. The Senator departed. The sculptor never saw him again. When he set to work three years ago on the La Follette statue, the...
Sculptor Davidson came last week with the statue from Paris. The ship careened and quivered in stormy seas. Sculptor Davidson also quivered, fearful for the precious marble in the hold. In Manhattan he was invited to dinner by Fola La Follette, daughter of the Senator and wife of Playwright George...
*The Davidson La Follette will complete Wisconsin's quota. Already present is the image of Jacques, sometimes called Pere ("Father"), Marquette, saintly early navigator of the Mississippi.