Sitting Robed Man

Title: Sitting Robed Man
Date: Unknown
Medium: Plaster, Paint
Dimensions: 6.25 x 3.1 x 4.1 in.
Accession Number: 2006.404
On View: Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University Fuller Gallery 204 (Meta Fuller 4, Shelf 1)
Classification: Sculpture
Description: Cross-legged, hooded robed man sitting on ground, right leg tucked under; left leg with foot on the ground, left knee elevated under figure's right hand; right arm extends across chest at waist height; left arm extends across body, with left hand under chin. Whole figures is painted in a reddish tone.
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 Alternate name - Seated Figure (male) Came to us from Robert Fuller
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: Minor plaster accretions on back; minor chips, most notably the nose and upper lip and base at 6 o'clock. Paint and color are patchy throughout.
Credit: Gift of the Meta V. W. Fuller Trust