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    		• Hensell, Roscoe,
     
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    		• Religion -- New Testament
     
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    		• Animal -- Reptile
     
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    		• Object -- Fruit
     
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    		• Homage -- Hensell, Roscoe,
     
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    		• Grotto
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- LaPorte
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    His Last Work, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hensell, Roscoe, sculptor.
    Title: 
    His Last Work, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Grotto, Virgin Mary, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Aug. 15, 1975.
    Medium: 
    Marble on a rough-hewn stone masonry base.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 61 x 16 x 13 in.; Base: approx. 34 x 87 x 49 in.
    Description: 
    A standing figure of Virgin Mary with her hands clasped in prayer, set on a base of rough-hewn stone, facing south. She stands on an orb of the earth with a quarter moon on either side. Her proper right foot is on a serpent, with an apple in its mouth.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- New Testament -- Mary
    Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
    Object -- Fruit -- Apple
    Homage -- Hensell, Roscoe,
    Object Type: 
    Grotto
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- LaPorte
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Diocese of Gary, 9292 Broadway, Merrillville, Indiana 46410
    Located Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 126 Bach Street, LaPorte, Indiana 46350
    Remarks: 
    Kneeling stone, in area flanked by stone planters built out from the statue base, reads: "HIS LAST WORK"/in loving memory of Roscoe Hensell/for this grotto and all his other labors that are in evidence/throughout this parish/August 15, 1975.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana 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 IN000165
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