Castelfabio sculpture

NameSculpture

Artist Giancarlo "Tunsi" Girard (1918 - 2006)

Date1950s-1970s

Place madeItaly, Europe

MediumCeramic, glazes

DimensionsPiece 1: 16 1/4 × 21 × 10 3/4 in. (41.2751 × 53.3401 × 27.3051 cm)
Piece 2: 15 1/8 × 19 × 19 1/2 in. (38.4176 × 48.2601 × 49.5301 cm)
Piece 3: 18 3/4 × 11 1/2 × 10 in. (47.6251 × 29.2101 × 25.4001 cm)
Piece 4: 16 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (41.2751 × 13.335 × 24.765 cm)
Piece 5: 11 × 17 3/8 × 7 in. (27.9401 × 44.1326 × 17.78 cm)
Piece 6: 15 × 12 1/2 × 9 in. (38.1001 × 31.7501 × 22.86 cm)
Piece 7: 9 1/2 × 14 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (24.13 × 36.1951 × 24.13 cm)
Piece 8: 16 × 16 1/2 × 9 in. (40.6401 × 41.9101 × 22.86 cm)
Piece 9: 11 3/4 × 11 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (29.8451 × 29.2101 × 34.9251 cm)
Piece 10: 9 × 9 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (22.86 × 24.13 × 8.255 cm)
Piece 11: 22 × 17 × 7 1/2 in. (55.8801 × 43.1801 × 19.05 cm)
Piece 12: 10 5/8 × 6 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (26.9876 × 17.145 × 27.3051 cm)
Piece 13: 7 1/4 × 7 3/4 × 5 1/2 in. (18.415 × 19.685 × 13.97 cm)
Piece 14: 7 13/16 × 10 3/4 × 4 5/8 in. (19.8438 × 27.3051 × 11.7475 cm)
Piece 15: 16 3/8 × 17 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (41.5926 × 43.8151 × 26.0351 cm)
Piece 16: 13 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 7 in. (34.2901 × 57.1501 × 17.78 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Linda Marcus, A.2018.61.1a-q

Object numberA.2018.61.1a-p

ProvenancePurchased from Tunsi Girard by Linda and Stanley Marcus on a trip to Florence in the late 1980s or early 1990s; See more information in Acquisition Proposal, 6/21/2018 in object file.

DescriptionItalian hill town sculpture of Castelfabio, a town created by the Girard brothers, depicts a clock tower, a basilica, and various palazzi situated on stone battlements and a cliffside; 16 pieces.