Mid-Century Italian Garden Bust new Whether displayed upright on a

Whether displayed upright on a bookshelf

situating the painting firmly within the mid-century Manhattan studio tradition

or as a focal point in a layered gallery wall

The piece features a beautifully hand-modeled lion standing atop a rectangular plinth

Mid-Century Italian Garden Bust new Whether displayed upright on aA beautifully weathered Italian cast stone garden bust, executed in the neoclassical taste with softly modeled features and tightly curled hair reminiscent of Greco Roman portraiture. The sculpture possesses a wonderfully aged surface with natural patination and textural variation throughout, giving the piece the appearance of an architectural fragment quietly reclaimed by time. Mounted on its integral plinth base, the bust works equally well indoors