Sitting Robed Man
Item
Title
Sitting Robed Man
Date
Unknown
Medium
Plaster, Paint
Dimensions
6.25 x 3.1 x 4.1 in.
Accession Number
2006.404
On View
Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University Fuller Gallery 204 (Meta Fuller 4, Shelf 1)
Classification
Sculpture
Description
Cross-legged, hooded robed man sitting on ground, right leg tucked under; left leg with foot on the ground, left knee elevated under figure's right hand; right arm extends across chest at waist height; left arm extends across body, with left hand under chin. Whole figures is painted in a reddish tone.
Accrual Method
Collection was gifted to the Danforth in 2006. Unfortunately they sat uncatalogued for close to 10 years. It took until an IMLS grant awarded in 2015 through 2016 for this collection to be catalogued and put into the collections database. - Rachel 2021 Alternate name - Seated Figure (male) Came to us from Robert Fuller
Provenance
Gift of the Meta V. W. Fuller Trust Part of the Estate of Meta V. W. Fuller from 1968-2001. In the collection of the Meta V. W. Fuller Trust, 2001-2006
Condition
Good: Minor plaster accretions on back; minor chips, most notably the nose and upper lip and base at 6 o'clock. Paint and color are patchy throughout.
Credit
Gift of the Meta V. W. Fuller Trust