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The Mysterious Masterpiece; Stories Abound About Saint-Gauden's Monument at 100

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19920412
Author:Sarah Booth Conroy

The holly trees around the Adams monument in Rock Creek Cemetery are thick and tall, a living wall to protect the dust of the dead. The branches weep blood-red berries and cast deep shadows on a heavily draped bronze figure seated on pink granite. The statue has no name, no inscription, no message.

A hundred years ago, when the holly trees were only small bushes, Henry Adams first faced the inscrutable statue he had commissioned from Augustus Saint-Gaudens to stand over the grave of his wife, Clover - and in time, his own.

Last week, commemorating the anniversary of that date, stories ...

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