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Child Milking Cow, (sculpture). Artist:  Magana, Mardonio, sculptor. Title:  Child Milking Cow, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Mangana Stone Sculpture, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1935. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Limestone. Dimensions:  Approx. 18 x 23 x 11 in. (46 x 56 x 29 cm.). Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Two rough-hewn figures of a Mexican man and boy milking a cow. The man wears a sombrero and stands behind the cow; the boy is seated next to him on a low stool. A smaller cow stands facing the two figures. A small bucket sits on the man's proper left side. The sculpture is installed on a low stone wall along the walkway to the guest house. Subject:  Figure group -- Male & Child Animal -- Cattle Ethnic -- Mexican Dress -- Ethnic -- Mexican Dress Occupation -- Farm -- Dairy 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, Guest house walkway, Mill Run, Pennsylvania 15464 Accession Number: 85.238 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 a fall 1989 conservation treatment which involved soaking the sculpture in ProSoCo H-Stone Strengthener and applying ProSoCo Conservware Cleaning Solvent. 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 PA000674   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000674 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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