Boy with Thorn

Boy with Thorn

In front of the Raphael Hotel is Boy with Thorn. It is a copy of the original 5th century sculpture that resides in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy and it was sculpted by Bernhard Zuckerman. The sculpture depicts a nude boy sitting on a stone pillar or wall trying to remove a thorn from the bottom of his left foot.

Location

The Raphael Hotel, 325 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MO

Artist / Medium

Bernhard Zuckerman / Marble (sculpture), concrete (base)

Dates

1976

Owner

The Raphael Hotel

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