Mother and Child

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Dublin Core

Title

Mother and Child

Subject

Figures; Mother; Child; Embrace

Description

This sculpture is of a mother holding a child. The mother is seated, and holds the child against her chest so the child's head rests on her left shoulder. Her left arm is underneath the child's legs and her right arm rests on the child's back.

Creator

Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012)

Born: April 15, 1915 (Washington, D.C., USA)
Died: April 2, 2012 (age 96 years) (Cuernavaca, Mexico)

Source

3674, Visual Resources Library, EC

Date

1977

Rights

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Format

Art Form: Sculpture
Material: Bronze with greenish-brown patina
Size: 16 x 3 x 3 in. (40.64 x 7.62 x 7.62 cm)

Type

20th Century; Modernist; Social Realism