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    		• Magana, Mardonio,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Family
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Mexican
     
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    		• Dress -- Ethnic
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Mill Run
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Family, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Magana, Mardonio, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Family, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Magana Stone Sculpture, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1935.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Limestone.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. L. 17 x W. 11.5 x H. 23.5 in. (L. 43 x W. 29 x H. 60 cm.).
    Inscription: 
    (On right front side of sculpture's base:) M signed
    Description: 
    Four rough-hewn figures representing a Mexican family consisting of a mother, a father, and two children. The figures are huddled together hugging one another. Each parent places a hand on the head of one child and a hand on the back of the other child. The father wears a sombrero. The sculpture is installed on a wall along the west terrace of the house.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Family
    Ethnic -- Mexican
    Dress -- Ethnic -- Mexican Dress
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Mill Run
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, 316 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
    Located Fallingwater, P. O. Box R, West terrace, Mill Run, Pennsylvania 15464 Accession Number: 88.170
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Kaufmann, Edgar, Jr., 1963.
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was executed in Mexico. IAS files contain a copy of the Fallingwater cataloging sheet for the sculpture. The cataloging sheet details the 1989 conservation treatment which involved soaking the sculpture in ProSoCo H-Stone Strengthener and applying ProSoCo Conservware Cleaning Solvent. During conservation the man's hat broke off, but it was repaired.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
    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 PA000672
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