Word: korner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...months Clevelanders have been strolling into the back parlor of the Messrs. Korner & Wood's handsome book and art emporium, to scrutinize some little white horses and little white men which experts told them were better than anything of their kind ever before produced in the U. S. Last fortnight Clevelanders strolled in again, to see the first translations of the little horses and men from plaster into bronze. They were told that they were observing the joint debut and triumph of the country's leading cowboy sculptor. They could well believe...
...became almost visible. The proportions and positions of Student Wheeler's first three models were indeed too natural for one teacher, who declared they had no "art" in them. But even this criticism died away when Sculptor Wheeler returned from a visit to the Messrs. Korner & Wood with a quotation of $625 apiece on his first works. The acclaim of experts followed. Fame impended...