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Nymph and Dolphins

Nymph and Dolphins

Artist: Reuben Nakian (American, 1897 - 1986)

Date: 1968
Medium: bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 5/8 x 9 x 4 3/8 in. (24.4 x 22.9 x 11.1 cm)
Credit Line:GIft, Paul and Maria Nakian, in honor of Robert P. Metzger
Object number: 1997.32.1
Deeply influenced by early twentieth-century sculptors Paul Manship, Gaston Lachaise, Constantin Brancusi, and William Zorach, Nakian’s sculpture—both monumental and small-scale—drew from traditional themes in Western Art including Greek and Roman mythology.
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