The estimated cost for this program, about $700,000, was enough to ensure that it was never executed, and by the time Barnard signed a three-year contract in December 1902 for the two large groups the amount was reduced to $300,000.
The estimated cost for this program, about $700,000, was enough to ensure that it was never executed. By the time Barnard signed a three-year contract in December 1902, the sculpture program had been reduced to the two large groups flanking the main entrance (west façade), and the fee had been reduced to $300,000.