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Mother and Child

Mother and Child

William Zorach

"'Mother and Child' by William Zorach was originally carved into a three-ton block of marble and subsequently cast into bronze. It is indicative of other sculptures by Zorach: tight, dense, and monumental. Zorach depicts a mother lovingly embracing her child. Her gaze is alert. She viglilantly stares past the child as she holds him with both hands. Their bodies recede into each other - two becoming one. The subject matter of parents with children reappears in Zorach's later paintings and sculpture." http://www.publicart.wisc.edu/artists-zorach-mother-and-child.htm
Artist
William Zorach
(American, b. Lithuania, 1887 - 1966)
Title
Mother and Child
Date
designed 1927-1930, likely later cast
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
65 x 28 5/16 x 23 1/16 in. overall
Credit
Class of 1927 Gift Fund purchase
Accession No.
1977.112
Geography
United States

Related

1977, sold by Zabriskie Gallery (New York, NY) to the Class of 1927 Executive Committee (University of Wisconsin-Madison); 1977, gifted by the Class of 1927 to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. no. 122

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