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    		• A. DA. Prato Company,
     
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    		• Religion -- New Testament
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Enfield
     
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    The Assumption: Our Lady of LaSalette, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    A. DA. Prato Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    The Assumption: Our Lady of LaSalette, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Our Lady of LaSalette: Third Phase of the Apparition, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 30, 1951.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: marble; Foundation: fieldstone and cement.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 77 x 21 x 21 in.; Base: approx. 70 x 43 x 43 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper left side of sculpture base:) A. DA PRATIO (sic) CO./BOSTON MASS. (On rear of sculpture base:) MADE IN ITALY (On bronze plaque on side of base, raised letters:) (Insignia of LaSalette Order)/IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION/OF THE INSPIRING DEVOTION/OF/(List of twenty-two names in two columns)/THE MISSIONARIES OF OUR LADY OF LA SALETTE unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A figure of Our Lady of LaSalette depicted as she is assumed into heaven. She stands with her arms folded over her chest and wears a crown ornamented with roses, a crucifix around her neck, and roses at her feet. The sculpture is placed atop a base of fieldstone and cement.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- New Testament -- Mary
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Emblem -- Cross
    Object -- Flower -- Rose
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Enfield
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    LaSalette Shrine, Route 4A, P. O. Box 420, LaSalette Garden, Enfield, New Hampshire 03748
    Remarks: 
    One of a grouping of three sculptures commemorates the Virgin Mary's apparition in 1846 at LaSalette, France to two children, Maximin Giraud and Melanie Calvat who were watching their cows in the French Alps. The sculpture depicts the third phase of the Virgin's apparition as she is assumed into heaven. Figures of Maximin (IAS record NH000291) and Melanie (IAS record NH000292) stand nearby. IAS files contain transcription of names that appear on plaque on base. IAS files contain related articles from the Manchester Union Leader, June 1, 1951; and The Canaan Reporter and Enfield Advocate (Canaan, New Hampshire), May 24, 1951, pg. 1; and May 7, 1953, pg. 1. IAS files contain a photocopy of "LaSalette Shrine, Enfield, N.H., Walking Tour Guide."
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.
    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 NH000290
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