The Nymph and the Faun

Artist Giacomo Manzu (Italian, 1908-1991)

Date1968

MediumCast bronze

Dimensions32/45"x110/46"x36/46"

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of the McGregor Fund, 1968

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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