We’ve noticed this sculpture on the Pratt campus a million times walking down Hall Street but never took the time to find out more about it. Turns out it’s the work of the reknowned portrait sculptor and Yale prof Philip Grausman. Here’s what the plaque says about the piece (while spelling the artist’s first name wrong!):

In a [sic] effort to universalize and idealize the female head, Grausman has chosen a technique of skillfully modeling these overscale heads with an impersonality that reaches back to the ideals of Greek sculpture. (However they all start with actual models)[sic] Becuase of scale, head becomes body, the pure white of the fiberglass has the glow of pure marble. They command, they invite, they have a lively presence.

Do readers have any other favorites in the Pratt sculpture garden?