Sweet Auburn: The Magazine of the Friends of Mount Auburn In Celebration of 175 Years | Page 19

People and Happenings
The Duca Sculpture: a 20 TH -Century Artwork Conserved
By Meg L. Winslow, Curator of Historical Collections
“I just think it’s gorgeous!” Barbara Mangum, an objects
conservator, says. She is talking about the recently con-
served sculpture by artist Richard Duca that
crowns Mount Auburn’s Willow Pond Knoll.
Richard and his wife, Meredith, were involved
in the project right from the beginning, and
the artist proclaimed himself “thrilled” with
the results: “Barbara understood the piece very
well and was sensitive about it.”
Maintenance Gus Fraser, monitored the sculpture and we
discussed possible treatment.
In October 2006, the work,
which took three weeks, began
in earnest. Barbara and her as-
sistant, with the help of Richard
and Meredith, remov