Art: Caged Action

Patients who go to Dr. Herbert Ferber Silvers, D.D.S., graduate of Columbia University's School of Dental and Oral Surgery, are usually unaware that he is also a noted sculptor; and those who follow the work of Sculptor Herbert Ferber, 56, have probably never heard of Dr. Silvers. Yet this double career has been going on for more than 30 years, ever since an ambitious young man took up dentistry at Columbia and at the same time began studying at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design at night.

Last week, after a year-long tour about the country, a retrospective of his work landed...

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