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Mother and Baby

Maker (American, 1887 - 1966)
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Dateca. 1954
Mediumbronze relief, gold patina
Dimensions9 × 13 × 5 in. (22.9 × 33 × 12.7 cm.) base: 4 × 11 × 3 in. (10.2 × 27.9 × 7.6 cm.) 11 1/2 × 13 × 2 3/4 in. (29.2 × 33 × 7 cm.)
DescriptionThe bronze relief "Mother and Baby", cast in an edition of 6, represents a mother and child. The work is comprised of two embracing figures - the head of a child (left) and a woman (right) with partial upper shoulder areas, arms and hands depicted. The work of art is single mounted on the diagonal of a dark rectangular marble base.
InscribedInscribed in front lower left: Zorach
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation, Allentown, PA
Status
Not on view
Object number2011.10
Photograph courtesy of Susan Einstein.
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