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is cruel and unrelenting, but with something less of the ani- 

 mal than in the single figure we have just described. In 

 both the ivory used for the exposed flesh gains an added 

 beauty from the overlaying or insertion of different and 

 strongly contrasting materials. 



French ivory carvings were well represented in the 

 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. 

 Among the exhibits may be noted two reliefs, "Reverie" 

 and "La Lecture," and a most impressive relief of Christ 

 by Abel Lafleur. Some of the ivories of the gifted sculptor, 

 Theodore Riviere, shown at this Exposition were the more 

 interesting from the fact that they were still unfinished at 

 the time of the artist's death in 1912. A completed work 

 by Riviere was an ivory peacock resting on a mahogany 

 tree; for this $1,200 was asked. Two unfinished works 

 were a "Wood Nymph,'* carved out of a single block of 

 ivory, and a nude figure in this material; the price of the 

 former was $1,050. Riviere is said to have carved every 

 piece through with his own hand. There were also two 

 ivories by Mile. O'Kin, a carved ivory box and an ivory bowl, 

 and several small ivories were contributed by Clement Mere.* 



Although ivory carving in England has not been encour- 

 aged to the same degree as it has been in Belgium, several 

 works of exceedingly high merit and great originality of 

 conception and design have been executed there, the artists 

 favouring the use of many other materials in connection with 

 the ivory, in order to give greater relief to its peculiar quali- 

 ties. As successful examples may be noted the St. George 

 of the sculptor, George Frampton, the hero-saint's figure, 

 armour, and accoutrements exhibiting the artistic possibilities 

 offered by a skilful combination of bronze, onyx, and mother- 

 of-pearl with ivory. More in the style of Early Renaissance 

 art is the Lamia of this artist; the face with its intent down- 



*Communicated by Mrs. Ethel Quinton Mason. 



