This statue of a muscular godlike figure (for which I definitely did not pose, subject matter unknown but I am guessing Lacaooen) is almost certainly from Grandpa’s time as a professor at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. I’ve been told it adorns, or did adorn, the Cleveland Museum of Art. My grandfather created many smaller clay, plaster, and bronze sculptures, including at least one of a basketball player (in a two-handed set-shot pose), the first sport Giovanni took a shine to in the United States. After about three years in Ohio, Giovanni moved his family to Brooklyn, where he became a keen follower of the Dodgers. Later, living in the Bronx (and always a Dodgers fan), Grandpa was quick to point out that Roy Campanella, the great African-American catcher of the Dodgers, actually had to be part-Italian with the name “Campanella.”