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    		• A. DA. Prato Company,
     
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    		• Religion -- New Testament
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Giraud, Maximin
     
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    		• Portrait female -- Calvat, Melanie
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Animal -- Dog
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Enfield
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Conversation, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    A. DA. Prato Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    The Conversation, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Virgin Speaking with Children, (sculpture).
    Our Lady of LaSallette: Second Phase of the Apparition, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 30, 1951.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: marble; Foundation: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    4 pieces. Virgin Mary: approx. 75 x 21 x 19 in.; Girl: approx. 49 x 16 x 16 in.; Boy: approx. 46 x 12 x 12 in.; Dog: approx. 12 x 25 x 14 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper left side of Virgin Mary's sculpture base:) A. DAPRATO CO./BOSTON MASS. (On proper left corner of Virgin Mary's sculpture base:) MADE IN ITALY (On brass plate on Virgin Mary's sculpture base:) Dr & Mrs. Roland E. Lapointe (On brass plate on Maximin's sculpture base:) Marie-Ange et Leda Desroshers (On brass plate on Melanie's sculpture base:) Mr. & Mrs. William Kenyon (On brass plate on dog's sculpture base: illegible inscription) unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    The figure of Our Lady of LaSalette facing the figures of Maximin Giraud and Melanie Calvat, with their dog sleeping behind them. Our Lady is dressed in robes ornamented with roses around the edges, and a crown with roses, and stands with her arms folded at her chest. The two children, Maximin and Melanie, are standing facing Our Lady. Maximin is dressed in a knee-length cloak and holds his brimmed hat to his chest with proper right hands and a staff in front of him in his proper left hand. Melanie, dressed in an apron, crossed cape, and a cap, stands with her hands placed atop each other at waist level. Their dog reclines behind them with its head laid down. Each of the sculptures is placed atop a concrete pad set flush to the ground.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- New Testament -- Mary
    Portrait male -- Giraud, Maximin -- Child
    Portrait female -- Calvat, Melanie -- Child
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Dress -- Accessory -- Cane
    Animal -- Dog
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Enfield
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    LaSalette Shrine, Route 4A, P. O. Box 420, LaSalette Garden, Enfield, New Hampshire 03748
    Remarks: 
    One of group of sculptures at the Shrine depicting various scenes of the Apparition. The sculpture depicts the Virgin Mary's apparition in 1846 at LaSalette, France to two children, Maximin Giraud and Melanie Calvat who were watching their cows in the French Alps. The sculpture depicts the second phase of the Virgin's apparition as she speaks to Melanie and Maximin. IAS files contain articles from the Manchester Union Leader, June 1, 1951; The Canaan Reporter and Enfield Advocate (Canaan, New Hampshire), May 7, 1953, pg. 1.; and May 24, 1951, pg. 1. IAS files contain a photocopy of "LaSalette Shrine, Enfield, N.H., Walking Tour Guide."
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS NH000289
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