Manzù is an artist who falls between stylistic categories, although he is known to have been profoundly influenced by Rodin, Maillol, and especially, his Italian forerunner, Medardo Rosso. Rosso is now considered a Symbolist, as is Rodin in his late work. In this bronze, a meticulously rendered still life of an apple, pear, grapes and game bird, presented on a rustic chair—itself rendered with an equal amount of illusionistic detail—have a Surrealist whimsy in their absurdist disproportion. Whiffs of a child’s playhouse version of scale authorize the artist’s unfettered play of imagination.