



Industry. The remaining four— air, earth, tire, and water— apparently never got beyond the model stage, though the models were approved 

 by Field Museum architect Peirce Anderson early in 191 7. His "0,K," is to be seen at the top of each of these four photos. 



to the building's staicture, not just embellishments. 

 The four statues in Stanley Field Hall were unlikely 

 candidates for elimination since, as relatively inexpen- 

 sive plaster figures, not a great deal would have been 

 gained by scrapping them. 



A Prolific Sculptor 



The story of Henry Hering's life is one of awesome pro- 

 ductivity. His Chicago commissions alone, done from 

 about 1917 to 1930, involved more statuary than many 

 sculptors achieve in a lifetime. Today all of this may be 

 seen in the city's busiest areas: in Union Station (two 



statues), on the Civic Opera House (four has relief fi- 

 gures), on the south pylons of the Michigan Avenue 

 Bridge (two bas relief groups), plus the many figures for 

 the two museums. He also did a stylized eagle medal- 

 lion on the facade of the Federal Reserve Bank Build- 

 ing. 



The most imposing piece by Hering in the Chi- 

 cago area is a 25 -foot bronze representation of Pere 

 Marquette in Gary's Marquette Park. The seated 

 bronze figure of Lincoln in Grant Park was largely the 

 work of Hering, though officially credited to Augustus 

 Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907), Hering's mentor and the 

 most distinguished American sculptor of his time. 19 



