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Mother and Child, (sculpture). Artist:  Grafly, Charles, 1862-1929, sculptor. Tallix, founder. Title:  Mother and Child, (sculpture). Dates:  1905. Cast 1989. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 35 12 x 28 x 26 in.; Plinth: approx. 4 1/2 x 29 x 27 1/2 in. Inscription:  (Rear bottom of sculpture, incised:) Charles Grafly (Plaque on side of base:) MOTHER AND CHILD. 1905./Charles Grafly. American. 1862-1929./Bronze. 41 inches high./Gift of the Patrons Purchase Fund. signed Description:  Nude figures of a mother and child. The mother sits, leaning on her proper right side with her legs crossed on her proper left. She supports herself with her proper left hand while holding the child with her proper right hand. The child holds on to the mother's proper right shoulder, as if crawling. The child has short curly hair, and the mother's hair is backswept and parted in the middle. The sculpture is mounted upon a square base with a plaque on the side. Subject:  Figure group -- Family -- Mother & Child Figure group -- Family -- Nude Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Wichita State University, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, 1845 North Fairmount, Wichita, Kansas 67260 Located Wichita State University, East of McKnight Art Center, west of Fiske Hall & south of McKinley Hall, Wichita, Kansas Accession Number: 90.2 Remarks:  Sculpture was cast after the artist's death. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1993. Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 106. Illustration:  Image on file. Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 106. 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 KS000387   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KS000387 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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