The Bowman and the Spearman
The Bowman and the Spearman are two bronze equestrian sculptures standing as gatekeepers at the intersection of Congress Parkway and Michigan Avenue in Grant Park, Chicago, USA. The sculptures were made in Zagreb by Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrovic and installed at the entrance of the parkway in 1928.
An easily-overlooked aspect of the sculptures is that the figures in both sculptures are missing their weapons, the bow and arrow and the spear.
Recent research (2006) strongly suggest that the lettering on the pedestalsdesigned by architects Holabird & Roche was executed by sculptor Rene Paul Chambellan.
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