"It's a superidealized portrait that is as close as we will ever get to original works by the famous late classical Greek sculptor, Praxiteles."
Many of the modern sculpture works displayed around the restaurant were made by his friend, the late sculptor Akio Makigawa.
A controversial project to hollow out a space inside the mountain by the late Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida is still under consideration.
He trained under the late sculptor John Warren, with whom he had an apprenticeship for three years.
It was the wish of the late sculptor to leave her work on public display in perpetuity.
In 2005, the plans were abandoned amid stalled negotiations with the late sculptor's heirs over the terms of lending his works.
The chosen sculptural designs were by some of the most prominent late baroque sculptors in Rome, including:
Mr. Whyte is the latest sculptor to try to meet the town's specifications.
Mr Harvey Merrick, a late sculptor with a 'lady-like voice'.
He also gained note as a sculptor relatively late in life, taking up the art as a pasttime when he was 59 years old.