Right: Winged figures on the Museum of Science and Industry, 

 probably thie work of Henry Hering, 



The following year, however, plans for the Field statue 

 were scuttled, apparently because of contract difficul- 

 ties concerning the metalwork; but ultimately, per- 

 haps, because costs of the project exceeded expecta- 

 tions — French's fee alone was $27,000. 



In the fall of 1915 there was yet another change of 

 plans; Hering — perhaps the least distinguished of the 

 candidates — was named to do all of the work for the 

 building, inside and out. A contract for $22,000 was 

 signed the following April. By January 1917 Hering 

 was far enough along to send photos of his work to 

 Peirce Anderson. Anderson replied: "Your caryatids 

 are perfectly bully, and I congratulate you very heartily 

 on the outcome of these, the first work finished by you 

 in final form. The handling of the drapery and other 

 details is certainly a joy to the eye. ..." 



Six weeks later Anderson took the train to New 

 York to see how the work was progressing. He wrote 

 Field Museum president Stanley Field: 



Below: North entrance of the Field fvluseum near the end of its days 

 in Jackson Park, probably around the time of World War I. Gone is all 

 the statuary shown on page 24, initially planned to last only for the 

 duration of the Columbian Exposition in 1 893, It is obvious that the 

 entire building surface is in a serious state of disrepair. The building 

 underwent radical reconstruction before reopening as the Museum 

 of Science and Industry in 1933, 



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