Robert Grosvenor, a giant in contemporary sculpture who for decades lived and worked in East Patchogue, died at his home Sept. 3 of kidney cancer. He was 88.

"With the passing of Robert Grosvenor, we have lost a remarkable personality and a highly respected artist," said Andreas Hoffmann, managing director of Germany’s Museum Fridericianum, in a statement extolling Grosvenor’s "robust and at the same time enigmatic, dreamlike work." The institution currently is running the first comprehensive Grosvenor museum presentation in Europe since the 2000s.

"I saw him last about three weeks before he passed," said Simone Subal, senior director of Manhattan’s Paula Cooper Gallery, which has represented Grosvenor throughout his long career. "The director of the [Fridericianum], Moritz Wesseler, and

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