The enormous original World's Fair Bulls with Maidens,also called Statues of Plenty,stood near the exposition's Agricultural Building. The existing bronze versions are only about one third the size of the fair's plaster versions, 1893.
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Historic small plaster versions of the artworks likely served as maquettes for the original World's Fair sculptures. They were included in an outdoor art exhibition in Humboldt Park's formal garden in 1908, CPD Special Collections, c. 1910.
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In 1912, the plaster sculptures were recast in bronze. This Roman goddess holding a stalk of wheat represents the Old World, CPD Special Collections, 1935.
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This photograph depicts the original bronze Indian Corn sculpture representing America. In the early 1980s, this sculpture was stolen from its long-time location near Hamlin Avenue in Garfield Park, CPD Special Collections, 1935.
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This is the 2003 replica of the stolen sculpture. Conservator Andrzej Dajnowski created the new sculpture through photographic documentation and studies of the existing sister artwork, 2009.
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The enormous original World's Fair Bulls with Maidens,also called Statues of Plenty,stood near the exposition's Agricultural Building. The existing bronze versions are only about one third the size of the fair's plaster versions, 1893.
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Historic small plaster versions of the artworks likely served as maquettes for the original World's Fair sculptures. They were included in an outdoor art exhibition in Humboldt Park's formal garden in 1908, CPD Special Collections, c. 1910.
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In 1912, the plaster sculptures were recast in bronze. This Roman goddess holding a stalk of wheat represents the Old World, CPD Special Collections, 1935.
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This photograph depicts the original bronze Indian Corn sculpture representing America. In the early 1980s, this sculpture was stolen from its long-time location near Hamlin Avenue in Garfield Park, CPD Special Collections, 1935.
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This is the 2003 replica of the stolen sculpture. Conservator Andrzej Dajnowski created the new sculpture through photographic documentation and studies of the existing sister artwork, 2009.