Sepy Dobronyi

Baron Joseph "Sepy" De Bicske Dobronyi (April 20, 1922 – May 29, 2010) was a Hungarian-born American sculptor.[1][2][3][4]

Dobronyi was known for his bronze and gold sculptures of celebrities, such as a 42-inch-tall golden statue of movie star Anita Ekberg.[5][6][7] "The Ekberg Bronze" was featured in the August 1956 issue of Playboy magazine by Hugh Hefner, a friend of Dobronyi.[6][8][9]

  1. ^ Time. Vol. LXXIV, no. 24. December 14, 1959. p. 40. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ King, Wayne (April 9, 1973). "Many Finding Inflation No Bar to the Good". The New York Times. p. Front Page.
  3. ^ Sweeny, Donna (April 2001). "A Lust for Life". The Coconut Grove Times, Local Color. Coconut Grove. pp. B1–B2.
  4. ^ Dobronyi, Sepy (February 23, 1972). "Wine: A Way of Life". The Miami News. p. Front Page.
  5. ^ "Playboy's Fifth Anniversary Scrapbook". Playboy (5th Anniversary Issue): 40. December 1958.
  6. ^ a b "Twenty Years of Playboy". Playboy (20th Anniversary Issue): 199. January 1974.
  7. ^ Murphy, Kay (August 25, 1963). "The Dream Studio of Sepy Dobronyi". The Miami Herald. p. 3–H.
  8. ^ "The Ekberg Bronze". Playboy: 21. August 1956. Archived from the original on December 8, 2011.
  9. ^ "iPLAYBOY Issue Preview". p. 21. Retrieved October 31, 2011.(subscription required)