Child Against Wall (Bookend)

Item

Artist

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

Title

Child Against Wall (Bookend)

Date

Undated

Medium

Plaster, Paint

Dimensions

6.6 x 4.4 x 4.25 in.

Accession Number

2006.417

On View

Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University Fuller Gallery 204 (Meta Fuller 4, Shelf 2)

Classification

Sculpture

Description

Metallic-painted bookend with standing naked child leaning on rock, with back left part of rock not painted.

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 Came to us from Pat West. Alternate name - Cherub Against Wall

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: Generally good condition, bit could use deeper cleaning. Inside of figure's right foot is missing a chip.

Credit

Gift of the Meta V. W. Fuller Trust

Tombstone

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Child Against Wall (Bookend)
Undated
6.6 x 4.4 x 4.25 in.