[Unveiled 1961]
Sculpted: 1960-1961
Sculptor: Paul Manship 1885-1966 • USA
Gift of Governor Herbert H. Lehman
and his wife.
This embellished mythological bronze
structure rests on three supports over
the entrance to the Tisch Children’s Zoo in Central Park.
It represents a whimsical fantasy, a young
boy happily dancing with goats as two other
small boys play Pan pipes. Circular curls
of stylized branches are adorned with
whimsical birds that appear to sing along
as the music plays.
Sculptor Paul Manship, famous for his
work of Prometheus in Rockefeller Center,
captures the charm of the current Zoo’s
atmosphere even though it was created
for the original Lehman Children's Zoo.
