WEIRD SCULPTURE OF BERNARD SHAW AS A TOTEM POLE
(Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Monday. The weirdest of many weird things in an exhibition of the works of Sava Botzaris, the Serbo-Greek sculptor, is one representing Bernard Shaw. “Shaw in plus fours or astride a charger is unthinkable. He wants a symbol, so I made him a totem pole,” said Botzaris. The result is something akin to the pillar of a Maori hut, and is surmounted by carefully-parted hair, beetling eyebrows, and a few wisps of whiskers. A wag suggests that at first glance it is Lot’s wife. Shaw suspends judgment till he has seen the caricature. He said: “I think the totem pole is a good idea, because I appear to lfe a totem to a good many people. I only hope Botzaris has made it tolerably good.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 562, 15 January 1929, Page 9
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143WEIRD SCULPTURE OF BERNARD SHAW AS A TOTEM POLE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 562, 15 January 1929, Page 9
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