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other designs are: Aztec fountain, in the Pan-American Building, Washington, D.C.; marble fountain, awarded the bronze medal for sculpture at the San Francisco exposition in 1915 and later presented to the government of Peru by the American Society of Peru; The Titanic memorial erected in Potomac Pack, Washington, D.C., by the women of America as a tribute to the heroism of the men who went down on the "Titanic" in 1912; the equestrian statue of "Buffalo Bill", at Cody, Wyo.; "El Dorado Fountain", group, San Francisco, Calif.; "Caryatid" and "Spanish Peasant", in the Metropolitan Museum, N.Y. and "Wherefore", in the Art Institute of Chicago; The Columbus memorial erected at Port of Palos, Spain, as a gift of the people of the United States to Spain. Mrs. Whitney's compositions invariably bear the imprint of courage, dignity and intelligence. Her style is vivid, peculiarly individualistic, and thoroughly American. The two dominant characteristics of her art are virility of technique and a marked sense for the monumental. As one who has made a definite and worthy contribution to American art in the form of convincing and beautiful sculpture, Mrs. Whitney has gained the admiration and distinction which talent alone can command and holds a secure place among the foremost sculptors the country has produced. Aside from her own creations, she has taken a keen interest in all branches of American art and has done much to promote and encourage its progress. In 1929-21 she assembled the first collection of works of contemporary American artists and exhibited them in London, Paris, Glasgow and Venice, and later in her own studio in New York City, under