Zajac's first completed sculpture was created while living in Rome, using clay left in his studio by its previous tenant. The work was inspired by the lambs he saw grazing outside the city walls of Rome.
Standing Lamb, 1954, bronze
Zajac's first sculpture of a goat, created after traveling to Southern Italy, Greece, and North Africa, where he saw many animals bound for sacrifice in preparation for the Easter festivals.
Easter Goat, 1957, bronze, 13 x 24 x 7 inches
Zajac revisited the subject of goats again, nearly two decades later. He created five dynamic sculptures, one each day of the week, for which they are named.
Bound Goat Thursday, 1973, bronze, 33 x 33 x 24 inches
Bound Goat Monday, 1973, bronze, 24.5 x 48 x 16 inches
Working with wax, Zajac created a form that reminded him of masks with horns. From these he sculpted a new series of outsized skulls with and without horns, again inspired by the goats.
Big Skull II, 1964, bronze, 31 x 41 x 17 inches
plaster for bronze, 67 x 154 x 30 inches
Big Skull and Horn December, 1975, bronze, 67 x 154, 30 inches
Big Skull October, 1975 (left foreground) bronze
Big Open Skull, 1975 (right), bronze
Big Skull and Horn in Two Parts II, 1963, bronze, 44.75 x 92 x 22.5 inches
J. Paul Getty Museum Collection, gift of Fran and Ray Stark
Small Goat Skull Umbria VI, 2001, bronze, 7 x 11 x 5 inches
Small Goat Skull Umbria VI (alternate view?), 2001, bronze, 7 x 11 x 5 inches
In a dramatic break in style from his previous expressionist work, Zajac crafted these pristine sculptures of flowing water, an innovative subject that had not previously been attempted.
Falling Water, bronze
Breaking Wave IV, 1968, Belgian marble, 4 x 20.5 x 6.5 inches
Large Split Almond, 1976, Belgian marble, 9 x 40 x 17 inches
Rising Swan I, 1972, marble, 23 x 24 x 16.5 inches
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