Two Sphinxes, (sculpture).

Two Sphinxes, (sculpture).

Manship, Paul, 1885-1966, sculptor.

Two Sphinxes, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: marble; Base: marble.

2 sphinxes. Each: approx. 6 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 12 in.; Base: approx. 12 in. x 4 ft. x 12 in.

A pair of winged sphinxes stands each on its own set of double Ionic columns. The sphinxes face each other from the sides of a reflecting pool.

Mythology -- Egyptian -- Sphinx

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Yonkers

Administered by City of Yonkers, Parks & Recreation Department, 285 Nepperhan Avenue, Yonkers, New York 10701

Located Untermyer Park, 945 North Broadway, Grecian Gardens, between amphitheater & reflecting pool, Yonkers, New York

Formerly in the collection of Untermyer, Samuel, 945 North Broadway, Yonkers, New York 1912-1940.

Commissioned by Samuel Untermyer when constructing the Grecian Gardens on his Greystone estate in 1908. Untermyer Park is a Registered Yonkers Landmark.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.

Sanchis, Frank E., "American Architecture, Westchester County, New York: Colonial to Contemporary," Croton-on-Hudson, NY: North River Press, 1977, pg. 144, 245.

Rebic, Michael P., "Landmarks Lost & Found: An Introduction to the Architecture and History of Yonkers," (Yonkers, NY: Yonkers Planning Bureau; Yonkers Environmental Impact Advisory Commission, 1986), pg. 98.

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