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Our Lady of the Smile, (sculpture). Artist:  Bernardi et Nieri, fabricator. Title:  Our Lady of the Smile, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: painted fiberglass, plaster; Base: wood. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 59 x 30 x 18 in.; Base: approx. 22 x 22 x 22 in. Inscription:  (On back of self-base:) BERNARDI ET NIERI/MONTREAL Founder's mark appears. Description:  Full-length figure of Mary. She wears a cream colored gown and a blue robe lined in gold. Her hair is pulled away from her face. Her arms are outstretched and open. She stands barefoot on a blue globe. The globe has a brown and green spotted snake on it. Mary's proper right foot is on the snake. The fiberglass and plaster sculpture stands on a cubical wooden base set on rollers. Subject:  Religion -- New Testament -- Mary Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Pittsfield Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Sisters of Holy Cross, Berakah, Fairview Road, RFD 1, Box 191, Pittsfield, New Hampshire 03263 Located Our Lady of the Smile Shrine, Berakah, Fairview Road, Pittsfield, New Hampshire Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Franciscan Fathers of New Hampshire, Pittsfield, New Hampshire Remarks:  The sculpture is part of a larger shrine built by Franciscan monks in 1954. It is likely the sculpture was installed at the time the shrine was built. Originally the sculpture was in an exposed location and consequently suffered weather damage. When the shrine was sold to the Sisters of the Holy Cross in 1970, the sculpture was repainted by one of the Sisters and moved into a sheltered niche. The sculpture is wrapped and put into storage every winter. IAS files contain copy of related article from The Valley Times (Pittsfield, NH), May 28, 1954. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire 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 NH000432   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NH000432 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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