#1930s sculpture
“Mithrana” by Albert Stewart, New York World’s Fair
Source:NY Public Library
The archive doesn’t provide info on what building this sculpture appeared on, but I looked it up and Albert Stewart was the man behind several well-known architectural sculpture, including friezes at Buffalo City Hall
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“Europa” by Gleb Derujinsky, New York World’s Fair
Source:NY Public Library
Rather over-the-top sculpture by Russian artist Gleb Derujinsky, father of famous fashion photographer Gleb Derujinsky. These look like construction photos and imagine during the fair the basin would be filled with water, with the dolphins flying over it.
Here’s a photo of the model for the sculpture:
And close-up of… Europa’s behind:
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“Builders of the Future” by William Zorach, New York Word’s Fair
Source: NY Public Library
Monumental sculpture by William Zorach, a Lithuanian-born American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and writer.
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“To the Morrow” by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, New York World’s Fair
Source:NY Public Library
Amazing sculpture by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, heiress, artist, arts patron, and founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art (in 1931).
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