Secret Sorrow (Mother and Child)_bronze
Item
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Artist
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Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
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Title
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Secret Sorrow (Mother and Child)_bronze
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Date
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c. 1914
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Medium
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Metal, Bronze
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Dimensions
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5.6 x 4.5 x 5 in.
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Accession Number
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1975.16
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On View
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Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University Fuller Gallery 204 (Large Pedestal)
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Classification
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Statue
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Description
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Seated female figure (robed) bending over and cradling infant.
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Accrual Method
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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
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Provenance
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Gift of Mrs. Robert MacPherson
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Condition
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Good: No visible damage or compromise.
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Credit
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Gift of Mrs. Robert MacPherson
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Tombstone
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Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Secret Sorrow (Mother and Child)
c. 1914
Metal, Bronze
5.6 x 4.5 x 5 in.
