File:1933 Jorgen Dreyer sculpture of Mercury.JPG
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English: Jorgen Dreyer copied "Mercury Flying" by Giambologna (1580) for the Kansas City Life Insurance building lobby. Instead of a zephyr's breath suspending Mercury, Dreyer has a wave, similar to the Goddess of Dawn (1932) in the Hotel Phillips in Kansas City. On the circumference of the pedestal is a quote from Horace, Satires 2.6:
"NO MORE I ASK, O SON OF MAIA, BUT THAT YOU MAKE THESE GIFTS MY OWN FOR LIFE." Mercury ("SON OF MAIA") in this context is the bringer of good fortune. |
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