TIME's cover artists have used every conceivable medium for their portraits, from oil and water colors to Thermo-Fax reproduction. Apart from paintings, drawings or photographs, we have also on occasion used renderings of collages, tapestry, stained glass and figurines of various materials. For the first time, in this issue, however, TIME'S cover is based on a work of sculpture. The editors commissioned the bust of Pope Paul and used a color photograph of it as the cover portrait.
The sculpture is the work of Boston-born Robert Berks, 43, whose specialty is portraiture of...
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