In the summer of 1962, when Richard Clements had just set his sights on 800 acres north of Fort Ross for homesite development and a stone and redwood inn overlooking the ocean, world famous sculptor Beniamino Bufano began work on an eight-story statue — the largest he’d ever done.
It would be incorrect to say that Clements commissioned the Bufano work. That’s not the way the diminutive artist chose to work. He always worked without pay, repeatedly said that he didn’t like to deal in money and, quite literally, “lived on his laurels” and the kindnesses of his friends. Bufano was one of a kind.
More of this story can be found on the Timber Cove Inn website HERE.
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Another article “Missiles of peace: Benny Bufano’s message to the world” describes in more detail the creation of this statue on the Sonoma Coast. You can read this article HERE.
