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What sculpture to see in Europe (1920)

Bryant, Lorinda Munson, 1855- · London, New York, John Lane company · leaf 280

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the doubled-up body!Only a vigourous, naturally developed child couldtwist his legs with the bottom of the foot turnedupward. The sculptor, whoever he was, not onlysaw this boy, but himself felt the pricking of the [ 194] I^HH IPSW^ ^^^^^^H ^^H ^^^wi^^^i ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H|HVI ^^^^^^^H *… … («i-j LONDON thorn. He understood boy life and had sympathyfor the boy in trouble. This boy belongs to nospecial country or time, though the original of thestatue was probably made in the Hellenistic age ofGreek art. But where does not the barefoot boyget the troublesome thorn in his foot? and…

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