The Bowman and the Spearman
- The Bowman and the Spearman
The Bowman and the Spearman are two bronze equestrian sculptures standing as gatekeepers at the intersection of Congress Parkway and Michigan Avenue in Grant Park, Chicago, United States. The sculptures were made in Zagreb by Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović and installed at the entrance of the parkway in 1928.
An unusual aspect of the sculptures is that the figures in both sculptures are missing their weapons, the bow and arrow and the spear.
Recent research (2006) strongly suggest that the lettering on the pedestals designed by architects Holabird & Roche was executed by sculptor Rene Paul Chambellan. [ Kvaran, , Einar Einarsson "Architectural Sculpture in America", unpublished manuscript]
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*Keckemet, Dusko," Ivan Mestrovic", Publishing House, Beograd, Jugoslavija 1964
*Keckemet, Dusko, "Ivan Mestrovic" – Split, Mestrovic Gallery Split and Spektar Zagreb, Yugoslavia 1969
*Keckemet, Dusko, "Ivan Mestrovic", McGraw-Hill Book Company, NY, NY 1970
*Kvaran, , Einar Einarsson "Architectural Sculpture in America", unpublished manuscript
*Schmeckebier, Laurence, "Ivan Mestrovic – Sculptor and Patrio"t, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY 1959
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