Secret Sorrow (Mother and Child)_bronze

Item

Artist

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

Title

Secret Sorrow (Mother and Child)_bronze

Date

c. 1914

Medium

Metal, Bronze

Dimensions

5.6 x 4.5 x 5 in.

Accession Number

1975.16

On View

Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University Fuller Gallery 204 (Large Pedestal)

Classification

Statue

Description

Seated female figure (robed) bending over and cradling infant.

Accrual Method

Possible bookend. No clear evidence from past inventories or family records. One auction house sold a pair, calling them bookends. Changed name ins 2021 due to research from the scrapbook received in 2021 (Eph1.41). Meta called this piece 'Sorrow' and 'Secret Sorrow' - Rachel 2021 Exhibition History: Permanent Collection Exhibition 1999

Provenance

Gift of Mrs. Robert MacPherson

Condition

Good: No visible damage or compromise.

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Robert MacPherson

Tombstone

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Secret Sorrow (Mother and Child)
c. 1914
Metal, Bronze
5.6 x 4.5 x 5 in.