The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Bronze sculpture consisting of overlapping and intersecting forms with sharp angular edges streaking horizontally out in both directions. A long strip of metal juts out parallel to the black base, on top of which are shorter angular pieces of metal. Another piece of metal swoops out at an angle from these pieces, ending in a point. The glint of light off the bronze highlights alternating smooth and rough patches.

Faun des Mers

1959

Alicia Perez Penalba

(Argentinian, 1918–1982)
Argentina
bronze on polished black marble base
with base: 45.8 x 81.3 x 35.6 cm (18 1/16 x 32 x 14 in.)
Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1960.59
Location: Not on view
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” April 1, 1960, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Henning, Edward. "Exhibition Paths of Abstract Art." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 47, no. 8 (October 1960): 199-201. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 201, fig. 2 www.jstor.org
    Alicia Penalba: Sculptor. Barcelona: RM ;Buenos Aires: MALBA, 2016. p. 221 Mentioned: P. 221, no. 30
  • Cien Anos de Creatividad: Latin American Women Artists. Milwaukee Art Museum (organizer) (March 3-May 28, 1995); Phoenix Art Museum (July 7-October 1, 1995); Denver Art Museum (October 28, 1995-January 14, 1996); National Museum of Women in the Arts (February 8-April 29, 1996); Miami Art Museum (June 14-August 25, 1996).
    Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).
    Paths of Abstract Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 5-November 13, 1960).
  • {{cite web|title=Faun des Mers|url=false|author=Alicia Perez Penalba|year=1959|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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