Figure Study (possibly Adam and Eve)

Item

Title

Figure Study (possibly Adam and Eve)

Date

Unknown

Medium

Wood, Plasticene

Dimensions

14.1 x 6.4 x 8.6 in.

Accession Number

2006.42

On View

Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University Fuller Gallery 204 (Meta Fuller 5, Shelf 4)

Classification

Sculpture

Description

Two standing figures: man half-kneeling on left with hands on right thigh, woman standing or right with hands in gesture of prayer. Front buttress of wood protrudes between figures; back is supported by wood. Figures appear to emerge from background material.

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

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, with only minor crack of man's right foot.

Credit

Gift of the Meta V. W. Fuller Trust