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    		• Loester, Julius C.,
     
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    		• Siebern, Emil,
     
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    		• Whistler, James Abbott McNeill,
     
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    		• Figure female -- Elderly
     
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    		• Allegory -- Life
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Ashland
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Mother's Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Loester, Julius C., sculptor.
    Siebern, Emil, 1888-1942, designer.
    Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903, painter. (copy after)
    Title: 
    Mother's Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Whistler's Mother, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Sept. 5, 1938.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 x 6 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 7 x 7 x 4 ft. (Sculpture l600 lbs./Base 3 tons).
    Inscription: 
    (On southeast side:) LOESTER/SIEBERN/ASSOCIATE/SCULPTORS (On southeast side of base:) MOTHER/A MOTHER IS THE/HOLIEST THING ALIVE (On northeast side of base:) COMMITTEE (list of names) (On northwest side of base:) ERECTED BY THE ASHLAND/BOYS ASSOCIATION/AS A MEMORIAL TO THE/MOTHERS OF ASHLAND/BOYS AND GIRLS (On southwest side of base:) ERECTED/SEPT. 5, 1938 signed
    Description: 
    On a rectangular base high atop steep stone stairs is a seated female figure of an elderly woman with her hands resting in her lap. She wears a long dress, a shawl, and a small cap. The sculpture is a memorial to mothers everywhere and is copy of James Whistler's famous painting of his mother entitled "Arrangement in Grey and Black" located in the Louvre.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Elderly -- Full length
    Allegory -- Life -- Womanhood
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Ashland
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Ashland Borough 501 Chestnut Street, Ashland, Pennsylvania 7921
    Located Intersection of Hoffman Boulevard & Chestnut Street, Ashland, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    The inscription on a nearby plaque reads: THIS IS A REPRODUCTION IN BRONZE/OF WHISTLER'S FAMOUS PAINTING./IT HONORS/ALL MOTHERS, PAST AND PRESENT/AND IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND/IN THE COUNTRY/ERECTED BY THE ASHLAND BOYS ASSOCIATION/AND DEDICATED ON SEPT. 4, 1938/DESIGNER: EMIL SIEBERN/SCULPTOR: JULIUS C. LOESTER/COURTESY OF ASHLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE/1963.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
    The New Yorker (Aug 31, 2015): pg. 92.
    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 77002355
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