Baboon
By Robert Cassilly
Category: Bust
About
The bronze Baboon, with mouth agape, is a multi-purpose work of public art: it uses one of the more popular animals to enhance the zoo grounds and it collects cash for programs at the free-admission zoo.
Dimensions: 3′ x 2′ x 2′
Year Completed: 1992
Material: Bronze
Owner: City of St. Louis
Donor: St. Louis Zoo
About the artist:
Robert Cassilly
1949-2011
Bob Cassilly was an American sculptor and entrepreneur. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, he was best known as the founder of the idiosyncratic City Museum. Cassilly graduated from Vianney High School and earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in art from Fontbonne University in St. Louis.
