American Art Collaborative

Gnome, or Grotesque Figure, was designed for the Infant Hercules Fountain at the American Academy in Rome. Paul Manship created the fountain in appreciation of the three years he spent at the academy. Each of the six gnome-shaped waterspouts has the head of a satyr, or a half goat, half man creature, and a decorative body inspired by ancient sculptures of India. Manship cast the gnomes separately some forty years after the original fountain was complete