Art: The Wiggin Carrara

Always on display in the art gallery in Manhattan's Grand Central Station is a selection of fauns, nymphs, Indians and babies holding fish, designed by orthodox sculptors. Another statue went on view there last week. It was a white Carrara marble figure of a nude young woman, seated and gazing reflectively at her left foot. In front of the figure was a black marble reflecting pool, behind it cedar trees and potted plants. Called Reverie, it attracted great attention not only because it was pleasant to the eye but also because its creator, a...

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