St. Therese with Father, (sculpture).

St. Therese with Father, (sculpture).

Arrughini, Alberto, sculptor.

St. Therese with Father, (sculpture).

Saint Therese with Father, (sculpture).

St. Therese of the Child Jesus, (sculpture).

Little Flower, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: marble; Base: geodes, semiprecious stones and minerals.

Sculpture: approx. 56 x 48 x 30 in.; Base: approx. W. 8 1/2 ft. x D. 6 ft.

(On front of base:) "...I WAS NEARLY FOURTEEN AND A HALF, AND IT WAS...THE DAY/ON WHICH I HAD TO RESOLVED TO ENTER CARMEL...FATHER WAS SITTING/OUT IN THE GARDEN...THERE WAS A LOOK OF HEAVEN ON FATHER'S/NOBLE FACE AND I FELT SURE HIS HEART WAS FILLED WITH PEACE.../I SAT DOWN BESIDE HIM, NOT SAYING A WORD, BUT THERE WERE TEARS/IN MY EYES...THROUGH MY TEARS I TOLD HIM ABOUT CARMEL AND MY/LONGING TO ENTER SOON, AND THEN HE TOO BEGAN TO WEEP, BUT NEVER/SAID A WORD AGAINST MY VOCATION..." unsigned

St. Therese as an adolescent girl seated on a low wall next to her father. Both are dressed in 19th century attire. St. Therese wears a full-length dress and has long hair. On her lap is an open book, presumably the Bible, and roses. She turns towards her father at her proper right with hands clasped before her in a pleading gesture. Her father is balding and bearded and dressed in an ankle-length overcoat and boots. He faces St. Therese with his proper right palm up and open and his proper left hand resting on his lap. The sculpture is mounted upon a rectangular base made of aggregate minerals, geodes and semiprecious stones.

Religion -- Saint -- St. Therese

Figure group -- Family -- Father & Child

Dress -- Historic -- Nineteenth Century Dress

Object -- Written Matter -- Bible

Object -- Flower -- Rose

Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Munster

Discalced Carmelite Fathers, Carmelite Monastery and Shrines, 1628 Ridge Road, Carmelite Shrines, Munster, Indiana 46321

St. Therese of Lisieux is also known as the "Little Flower of Jesus." She was the youngest of four children and the fourth in the family to enter the convent. IAS files contain a related excerpt from the brochure entitled, "Carmelite Shrines."

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.

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