Unique sculpture in bronze on wooden plinth. 8.5 x 4.5 inches. From the Collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer.

Godson and cousin of Lebanese-American poet Kahlil Gibran, Kahlil G. Gibran studied at the Boston Museum School had his first solo show in New York in 1948. In the spring of 1953, Gibran stopped painting altogether, continuing his career as sculptor, draughtsman, musical instrument maker, and conservator.  Featuring his work in The Boston Globe magazine, author Gregory McDonald concluded, “Removing the confusion, the mysticism from the name Kahlil Gibran, leaves a sculptor of extraordinary poetic power, utterly concerned with his art, with the double nature that is utterly human, as paradoxical as himself, and, a man with a singular future”.

Recipient of two John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships in 1959 and 1960, along with a National Institute of Arts and Letters Award in 1961, Gibran exhibited his sculpture in museums and galleries throughout the nation. In 1964 his piece, Young Trunk, received the Grand Prize at the Boston Arts Festival, followed by the John Gregory Award for Sculpture from the National Sculpture Society and the gold medal for excellence at the International Show of Religious Art in Trieste, Italy.