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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ernest Taylor ("Ernie") Pyle, vacationing in the U.S. before leaving for the Pacific, received several new attentions. At the University of New Mexico, he was given the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters; in Manhattan, Sculptor Jo Davidson completed his bust of Pyle; in Washington, Sculptor Max Kalish prepared to do a statue of Pyle for the Smithsonian Institution's Living Hall of Washington TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Nov. 6, 1944 | 11/6/1944 | See Source »

...himself might be sold over the counter for 50?, along with little images of Buffalo Bill and George Washington. President Roosevelt took one look at the result and cried: "Wait a minute. I don't wear a waistcoat." Through it all, diminutive, agile, 53-year-old Sculptor Max Kalish preserved speed and competence. He was engaged in one of the most spectacular one-man sculpture marathons ever undertaken: the modeling of some 50 statues of U.S. war leaders in sittings of one hour per subject. Last week the exhausting work was nearly finished. Max Kalish had lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Big Fifty | 10/2/1944 | See Source »

Vice President's Vest. Kalish and Kiplinger had problems galore. General "Hap" Arnold was approached on the eve of the invasion of France, barely found time to fling a polite refusal. Henry Wallace had vest trouble-his shirt showed above his trouser line. Once that was adjusted, the Vice President struck a satisfactory, thumb-in-belt attitude. John L. Lewis loomed rather than posed, as though facing a hostile audience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Big Fifty | 10/2/1944 | See Source »

Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson's trousers presented another difficulty. His trousers are seldom pressed. At first Kalish put creases in them. Then, in the interests of documentary accuracy, he rubbed the creases out. Kalish had two half-hour periods with President Roosevelt in the White House Oval Room. In fine fettle, the President chatted a great deal. Did Mr. Kalish want the long ivory cigaret holder? Mr. Kalish did. But, in the end, having said, "Thank you, Mr. President," Kalish went out with a clay Franklin Roosevelt without a head. The Presidential head was modeled in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Big Fifty | 10/2/1944 | See Source »

...recipients are Myron Kalish, Brooklyn, N. Y., George R. Walter, Washington, D.C., Robert S. Ivie, Iowa City, Ia., John G. Forbes, Jackson Heights, L. I., N. Y., Albert L. Goldman, Everett, Mass., Milton Altman, New York, N. Y., Benjamin B. Ferenez, New York, N. Y., Chester I. Lappen, Des Moines, Ia., Peter K. Morse, Detroit, Mich., Frederick S. Pillsbury, Manchester, N. H., Myron Sommel, Forest Hills...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 23 AWARDS GIVEN TO LAW STUDENTS | 3/26/1941 | See Source »

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