Donald Richard Miller (American, 1925-1989), KIFARU (Swahili for Rhino)

1978, bronze with applied verdigris patina, inscribed "1978 ALAN HAHN 4/1450" with foundry mark of Joel Meisner to the terrace profile edge, mounted atop a walnut base.

6 1/4 x 10 3/4 x 6 in.

Following his service in World War II, Miller studied at the Dayton (Ohio) Art Institute (1947-52); the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn (1955-57); the Art Students League in New York (1958-61); and privately with Ulysses A. Ricci (1956-60). Don was a specialist in animal sculpture and his works include the Thoreau Medal for the Society of Medalists (1962); two reliefs for the Cincinnati Zoo (1975); another for the Philadelphia Zoo (1973); and gargoyles for Washington Cathedral (1976). He was a member of the faculty of the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, from 1972 until his death, and was a frequent contributor to and served on the editorial board of Sculpture Review, the publication of the National Sculpture Society. He was a vice president of the Society of Animal Artists for which he designed a medal.

Good estate condition.