ROME ITALY.-The Sicilian Sculptor Arturo Of Modica, author of the famous bronze bull symbol of Wall Street in New York, died at age 80 on the night of Friday to Saturday, Italian media reported.
Arturo Di Modica, who died at his home in Victoria seeks de Ragusa, in southern Sicily, “I had been fighting for years against a Cancer and his condition had worsened in recent weeks, “La Repubblica newspaper said on its website.
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The Sicilian sculptor is most famous for his imposing 3.2-ton (4.9 meters long and 3 meters high) bronze bull sculpture, installed near the Bag from New York.
The sculpture, called “Charging Bull“in English, it had been sculpted by the artist and financed out of his own pocket, more than $ 350,000 at the time.
The bull had been illegally installed in front of the New York Stock Exchange, following the stock market crash of 1987, as a symbol of the “strength and power of the people”.
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Di Modica had transported his sculpture on a truck in December 1989 to Lower Manhattan and left it under a Christmas tree in front of the New York Stock Exchange, as a Christmas present for New Yorkers.
After a few weeks of true artistic guerilla warfare, the bull was finally accepted by the city, which found its current location in 1989, north of Bowling Green Park, at the intersection of Broadway.
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The “Charging Bull” is one of the most photographed works in the city of New York. Legend has it that scratching its snout, grabbing its horns or testicles brings good luck.
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