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