St. Fiacre_mold

Title: St. Fiacre_mold
Date: Unknown
Medium: Plaster, Rubber, release agent
Dimensions: 7 x 3.4 x 4.6 in.
Accession Number: 2006.409
On View: Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University Fuller Gallery 204 (Meta Fuller 4, Shelf 1)
Classification: Mold, Casting
Description: Plaster mold and rubber molded figure. Inside of plaster mold painted w/release agent.
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: Fair: Rubber mold of figure has considerable black staining on back of head, torso and upper legs. Plaster mold B has accretions (possible patching?) on back of head, lower torso and upper legs. Plaster mold B appears to have been broken horizontally and repaired. A patch of plaster has been added to the exterior of the mold over that apparent fissure. Plaster mold A has multiple pits in the figure area, especially on lower left area. One accretion is evident at forehead. Paper tab with "125" is attached (loosely) with masking tape to exterior of plaster mold.
Credit: Gift of the Meta V. W. Fuller Trust