- Artist
- Nathan Oliveira (U.S.A., 1928- 2010)
- Date
- 2008
- Media
- Bronze
- Credit Line
- Made possible by the generosity of Marlene and Duane Dunwoodie
The bronze sculpture by Nathan Oliveira entitled Universal Woman seems to depict a woman inflicted with an incurable disease, whose gesture represents an entreaty for care and support. The sculpture, which is in the Lorry I. Lokey Stem Cell Research Building, serves as a reminder of the building’s purpose: to house the research that leads to cures which alleviate human suffering.
Nathan Oliveira was a professor of studio art at Stanford University, where he created a printmaking program and taught art for nearly 30 years. He died in November 2010, but before he died he agreed to provide a sculpture for the Lokey Building. The donation of the sculpture to the Lokey Building was made possible by the advocacy of Irving Weissman, M.D., director of the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine and the Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation in Cancer Research, and a generous gift from Marlene and Duane Dunwoodie, longtime friends of the Institute. The sculpture was dedicated on Aug. 25, 2011, in the presence of its donors and Joe Oliveira, son of Nathan Oliveira.
