Christ and the Children, (sculpture).

Christ and the Children, (sculpture).

Lohman, Mary Ann, sculptor.

Christ and the Children, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: metal; Base: concrete inlaid with tile.

Sculpture: approx. H. 56 in. x W. 3 ft.; Base: approx. H. 2.5 ft. x Diam. 8 ft.

(Around base, in mosaic tiles:) "I CAME TO CAST FIRE ON THE EARTH AND WHAT DO I DESIRE BUT THAT IT WERE KINDLED ALREADY" unsigned

Stylized figures of Christ and two children, barefoot. Christ wears a robe with a symbol of the Sacred Heart on his chest that includes a triangle and a cross. He sits with one child kneeling on his proper left and another child standing on his proper right. Now missing, there originally was a figure of a third child running toward Christ. The figures are placed on top of a base that consists of a concrete half-dome inlaid with mosaic tiles representing the world.

Religion -- New Testament -- Christ

Emblem -- Heart

Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Madison

Edgewood Elementary School, 2324 Edgewood Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53711

The dome's mosaic chips were inlaid by children from the school. According to the artist, the sculpture's intent is to show that education should bring all children to Christ.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin survey, 1993.

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