Child Leaning on Wall (Bookend)

Item

Artist

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

Title

Child Leaning on Wall (Bookend)

Date

Undated

Medium

Plaster, Paint

Dimensions

5.5 x 4.25 x 4.25 in.

Accession Number

2006.418

On View

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

Classification

Sculpture

Description

Headless nude figure of boy leaning on rough rock.

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

Fair: Piece is in good condition except for the fact that the head of the child is missing. Few abrasions on child's right hand, on face of toack at 2 o'clock and on front edge at 5 o'clock and 6 o'clock. Base is chipped on left side at bottom in 3 places.

Credit

Gift of the Meta V. W. Fuller Trust

Tombstone

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Child Leaning on Wall (Bookend)
Undated
Plaster, Paint
5.5 x 4.25 x 4.25 in.