Zephyr, (sculpture).

Zephyr, (sculpture).

Bonazzi, Antonio, sculptor. (attributed to)

Zephyr, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: limestone; Base: limestone.

Sculpture: approx. H. 83 in.; Base: approx. 13 x 36 x 26 in.

Zephyr stands with head turned to the proper left, cheeks puffed and lips together as if he's whistling. His weight rests on his proper left leg and the proper right leg is forward with foot turned out. His hair is close to his head but ruffled as if by a breeze. He is nude except for a billowing drape which falls across his proper right shoulder and down across his thighs. He holds the drape near his shoulder with his proper left hand. In his proper right hand he holds a torch near his proper right hip. At his feet is a tree trunk and an acanthus leaf.

Mythology -- Classical -- Zephyr

Object -- Other -- Torch

Object -- Foliage -- Acanthus

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Katonah

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Box R 816, Girdle Ridge Road, On lawn across road from house, Katonah, New York 10536

The sculpture was purchased by Walter Rosen for his private estate in Katonah, New York called Caramoor. A foundation set up by Rosen took over the estate in 1968. Now called the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, the foundation offers tours of the house and grounds and hosts a summer music program. Zephyr is one of a pair of sculptures on the grounds of Caramoor attributed to Italian sculptor Antonio Bonazzi. Bonazzi is believed to have created the sculptures in Padua, Italy between 1740 and 1750. The other sculpture in the pair is Flora (see IAS NY001201). The sculptures may have once been located in Venice, Italy. Zephyr was once installed at another location on the grounds before being moved to its present site. The sculpture has been covered with black plastic during the winter since 1992.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.

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