When famed sculptor A. Sterling Calder was given the job of either sculpting or commissioning statues to be placed throughout San Francisco's Panama Pacific Exposition, he probably didn't anticipate the controversy one of his statues would stir up. No, it wasn't the statue's bare breasts that angered people; after all, classical statues had been featuring nude women for centuries. It was Calder's decision to include multi-ethnic features on his statue. He envisioned a future where people from around the world would freely marry whoever they wanted to regardless of race. This idea was far ahead of its time and the statue would be exiled to Oakland after the Exposition, becoming part of the Oakland Museum's collection. In the 1980's, Citibank would commission a bronze casting of the statue, which it would place in one of its San Francisco buildings. The Star Maiden would find her way back home.
