Raffaele Menconi (1877 — 1942) was an Italian-American sculptor.
Menconi established a practice inNew York City[1] with his brother Giuseppe (Joseph). Menconi realised the bronze architectural sculptures and fittings for a generation ofBeaux-Arts architects, such asCarrère and Hastings; Menconi's bronze flagpole bases for the Fifth Avenue front of theNew York Public Library (1912,illustrated) are particularly prominent.[2] Another pair of bronze flagpole bases by Menconi, showing an American eagle and representations of the fourseasons, to designs ofEgerton Swartwout, stand before theMissouri State Capitol.[3] His work also appears on the Reader's Digest building in Chappaqua New York, and in theMount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
He married Josephine Zampieri; their son,Ralph J. Menconi (1915–1972), who apprenticed in his father's New York studio, was also a well-known sculptor and medalist. The Menconi Family lived in an Italianate house designed by Menconi in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, for many years. Menconi once owned acliffside home inUnion City, New Jersey.[4]
