Mercury

LOCATION
Country Club Plaza, 450 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MO
OWNER
Country Club Plaza KC Partners LLC
ARTIST
Paul McGovney
DATES
Installed 1992
MEDIUM
Bronze
Miller Nichols discovered a sculpture in storage in a crate which had never been opened. It was a bronze statue of Mercury. Upon discovering the lost treasure, Nichols placed it in the entrance to stairway to west of the Plaza Association at 450 Ward Parkway. Mercury is the Roman God of trade, commerce, gain, luck, travel, good gifts, and the messenger of the Gods. The original was by Giambologna of Italy. The replica is by a local sculptor.