A mystery unfolding in San Francisco is all about art. A local couple is trying to determine the origins of a sculpture found in their backyard, and they believe there is a good possibility it was created by a well-known Art Deco artist.<\/p>\n
Greg Gatwood was digging in his Russian Hill backyard in May, doing some landscaping, when he unearthed the sculpture. He showed it to his partner, artist Judy Gittlesohn.<\/p>\n
After studying the piece, Gittlesohn became convinced it could have been done by Ralph Stackpole. Stackpole was a renowned muralist and sculptor whose works include the statue in front of San Francisco’s old Stock Exchange. He also contributed some of the murals inside Coit Tower.<\/p>\n
Adding weight to the theory, Stackpole taught at what is now known as the San Francisco Art Institute, which is located very close to where Gatwood found the buried statue.<\/p>\n
Gittlesohn and Gatwood recently joined NBC Bay Area to discuss the discovery and the lingering questions surrounding the piece. The couple is trying to determine why a sculpture was buried in their backyard in the first place, and whether it was simply thrown away or secretly hidden.<\/p>\n
Gittlesohn is detailing why Stackpole immediately came to mind and the extensive work she has done to connect the statue to him. The couple is now searching for a way to definitively prove the sculpture’s origins. They are currently looking into who they can talk to, such as a specialized committee or university, that can verify if Stackpole was indeed the sculptor.<\/p>\n
As the investigation continues, Gatwood and Gittlesohn are also left to consider what they will do with the artwork if it is never officially connected to the famous artist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mystery unfolding in San Francisco is all about art. A local couple is trying to determine the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[15519,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-429502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-art-and-culture","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}