San Francisco Couple Unearths 150-Pound Limestone Sculpture, Plans September Display
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 29
San Francisco Couple Unearths 150-Pound Limestone Sculpture, Plans September Display
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 29
Summary
Greg Gatwood and Judy Gittelsohn found a 150-pound, roughly 2-foot-wide limestone sculpture while doing yard work at their Russian Hill home in May, after Gatwood first mistook it for buried concrete.
Three months later, the couple still does not know who made it, but Gittelsohn believes the piece may date to the 1930s and could be tied to WPA-era artists.
Their home sits near the former San Francisco Art Institute, where sculptor Ralph Stackpole taught for decades, and Gittelsohn said the use of inexpensive limestone could point to him or one of his students.
Local attention has already drawn tips, including a visit from a 93-year-old woman who said she once held a show of Stackpole's work.
In September, the couple plans to exhibit the sculpture at the American Messenger Gallery, hoping public display will help identify its creator and explain how it ended up in their yard.