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Art Digest
Jan.1.1939

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View of the Sculpture Exhibit, Washington Museum of Modern Art

Washington Sees Important Modern Sculpture

AN ELABORATE sculpture exhibition of modern American and European work is on view this month at the Museum of Modern Art Gallery of Washington.  More than 50 pieces installed by Charles M. Goodman, architect of the Procurement Division of the Treasury, present a cross section of representative work.  

Featuring the exhibition by its size and prominent place is the 7 1/2 foot bronze Justice [[missing text]] work which is highly praised by many professional critics in the arts.  Kraus, an Austrian-born artist, won his commission from the Treasury Department while he was on the W. P. A. 

Mr. Kraus, at the time of the furore in Newark was dumbfounded that his statue should be called communistic.  "It seems to be to be more of a Christian idea than a [[missing text]]


Magazine of Art. Washington
Jan. 1939

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MODERN AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN SCULPTURE AS SHOWN IN THE WASHINGTON GALLERY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART TO JANUARY 22