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Photo credit Dirk Bakker
The Nymph and the Faun
Photo credit Dirk Bakker

The Nymph and the Faun

Artist (Italian, 1908-1991)
Date1968
MediumCast bronze
Dimensions32/45"x110/46"x36/46"
ClassificationsSculpture
Object numberUAC540
DescriptionGiacomo Manzu was selected by Minoru Yamasaki, the architect for the McGregor Memorial Conference Center, to provide a work for this Japanese-inspired sculpture court. Manzu's figure of the curious faun spying on a languorous nymph is both provocative and disarming. Manzu is an important Italian sculptor of the 20th Century and created the Portal of Death door at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City..

Text by Sandra Schemske
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