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Robert Tait McKenzie (1867-1938)
The Competitor
1906; this cast, ca. 1907-8
Bronze
Rogers Fund, 1909
In his sculptures, the Canadian born McKenzie, a practicing physician and the director of the Department of Physical Education at Philadelphia's University of Pennsylvania, portrayed athletes in varying states of motion and rest. A sense of impending action is present in "The Competitor", in which a lithe runner kneels to lace his shoe in a solitary moment before a race.
IMG_8146
Robert Tait McKenzie (1867-1938)
The Competitor
1906; this cast, ca. 1907-8
Bronze
Rogers Fund, 1909
In his sculptures, the Canadian born McKenzie, a practicing physician and the director of the Department of Physical Education at Philadelphia's University of Pennsylvania, portrayed athletes in varying states of motion and rest. A sense of impending action is present in "The Competitor", in which a lithe runner kneels to lace his shoe in a solitary moment before a race.