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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Buchholz, Regina,     Buchholz Beilman, Teresa,     Portrait female -- Maria de Mattias     Figure -- Child     Ethnic -- Italian     Occupation -- Religion     Object -- Written Matter     Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita     Sculpture

Blessed Maria de Mattias, (sculpture). Artist:  Buchholz, Regina, sculptor. Buchholz Beilman, Teresa, sculptor. Title:  Blessed Maria de Mattias, (sculpture). Dates:  1957/1977. Dedicated July 1977. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: limestone; Base: limestone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 5 ft. 6 in. x W. 3 ft. 4 in. x Diam. 50 in.; Base: approx. H. 3 ft. x W. 3 ft. 4 in. x Diam. 50 in. (1 ton). Inscription:  (On back of base:) T/M/B signed Description:  A portrait of Mother Maria de Mattias, dressed in a religious habit, stands with her proper left hand placed on her chest and her proper right hand placed under the chin of a young child who stands in front of her. The child, dressed in a knee-length garment, stands clutching a book in both hands. Subject:  Portrait female -- Maria de Mattias -- Full length Figure -- Child -- Full length Ethnic -- Italian Occupation -- Religion -- Nun Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Sisters Adorers of Blood of Christ, 1165 Southwest Boulevard, Wichita, Kansas 67213 Located Kansas Newman College, 3100 McCormick, Wichita, Kansas 67213 Provenance:  Formerly located Sacred Heart College, 3100 McCormick, Wichita, Kansas 67213 Remarks:  Blessed Maria de Mattias was from Florence, Italy. She was the foundress of the Sisters Adorers order. The sculpture was designed by Sister Regina Buchholz and its fabrication began in 1957. When the sculptor was transferred from her teaching job to head the art department at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, the sculpture was left unfinished. The sculpture was placed in a field and was left unnoticed until its discovery some twenty years later. The original assistant, Teresa Buchholz, now Teresa Buchholz Beilman, was contacted and agreed to finish the sculpture. IAS files contain a related articles from the Wichita Eagle Beacon, April 10, 1997, pg. 1C; and from the Catholic Advance, July 25, 1958, pg. 6; and July 28, 1958. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1994. Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 154. Illustration:  Image on file. Wichita Eagle, April 10, 1977. Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 154. 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 KS000535   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KS000535 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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