MacMonnies
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Behind Fortitude, on the north, is the fountain of Truth, shown by MacMonnies as an old man, with a physique somewhat reminiscent of the sculptor’s notorious “Civic Virtue,” now residing in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2015
Given the improbable journey of "Civic Virtue" since it was begun by the sculptor Frederick MacMonnies in 1920, nothing can be ruled out.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2012
MacMonnies had trouble winning universal admiration for his various artistic visions in the first place.
From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2011
MacMonnies molded a statue; George Pullman put up cigar money; the Fair was held.
From Time Magazine Archive
It cheered when the big searchlights atop the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building began sweeping the crowd, and when colorful plumes of water—“peacock feathers,” the Tribune called them—began erupting from the MacMonnies Fountain.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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