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it are the letters of Croatia's Glagolitic alphabet. Back against the wall,
John the Evangelist
studiously takes notes, looking up for divine inspiration (#71). And the small
Prince Marko
on Šarac
(#16)—while clearly a Croatian theme—evokes two of Meštrovi
ć
's most famous
works, the giant Native Americans on horseback that stand in Chicago's Grant Park. Those
towering sculptures were created in this very studio, and later transported (in pieces) to the
United States. Originally, those sculptures were commissioned to be a cowboy and an Indi-
an...but Meštrovi
ć
said, “How about
two
Native Americans...?”
Go into Meštrovi
ć
's
studio.
Next to the door to the inner courtyard is a skinny,
Modigliani-esque sculpture of Meštrovi
ć
's first wife, Ruža (#70); in the middle of the room
are two sculptures modeled after his second wife, Olga: The unfinished, walnut-carved
Mother and Child
(#100), and the exquisite, white-marble
Woman Beside the Sea
(#58, one
of the collection's highlights). Nearby is a sculpture of the
Evangelist Luke
(#72)—the twin
of John out in the garden. Upstairs around the gallery are smaller pieces, including a study
for the spiny-fingered hand of Split's
Bishop Gregory of Nin
(#62).
