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    		• Licari, Enrico,
     
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    		• Klauder, Charles,
     
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    		• Hosek Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Portrait group -- Family
     
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    		• Portrait female -- Reed, Verner Z., Mrs. (Mary Dean)
     
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    		• Portrait female -- Mayo, Paul, Mrs. (Margery Reed)
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Alma Mater, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Licari, Enrico, sculptor.
    Klauder, Charles, 1872-1938, architect.
    Hosek Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Alma Mater, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Mary Reed Memorial, (sculpture).
    Mother & Daughter, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1928. Dedicated April 11, 1929. Relocated June 1992.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure group: bronze with dark patina; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure group: approx. 5 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. 2 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. x 2 ft. 11 in. x 2 ft. 11 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper right side of bronze plinth:) E. Licari/Hosek Mfg. Co./1928/Denver (On metal plaque on base:) ALMA MATER/Erected by Students - Faculty - and Friends in Memory of/Margery Reed Mayo 1919/and in Appreciation of the Benefactions of/Mrs. - Verner Z. - Reed signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Two women standing and holding a book. The woman on the proper right side is slightly larger and taller, with a subtly more serious expression. She wears a sleeveless, long dress. The woman on the proper left wears a lace-up bodice over a long skirt. Both women wear sandals and their hair back in buns. The proper right figure has her proper left arm around the shoulders of the proper left figure. The women are holding an open book. The proper right figure holds the back of the book with her proper right hand, while the proper left figure holds the back of the book with her proper left hand, and holds the open page with her proper right hand.
    Subject: 
    Portrait group -- Family
    Portrait female -- Reed, Verner Z., Mrs. (Mary Dean) -- Full length
    Portrait female -- Mayo, Paul, Mrs. (Margery Reed) -- Full length
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by University of Denver, Office of the Chancellor, 2199 South University Boulevard, 207 Mary Reed Building, Denver, Colorado 80210
    Located University of Denver, Humanities Garden, west of Mary Reed Building, Denver, Colorado
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located University of Denver, East Evans Avenue, Denver, Colorado
    University of Denver, Margery Reed Mayo Memorial Hall, front of building, Denver, Colorado
    Originally installed University of Denver, Margery Reed Mayo Memorial Hall, south steps, Denver, Colorado
    Remarks: 
    Gift of students, faculty, and friends in memory of Margery Reed Mayo and the benefactions of Mary Reed. Margery Reed Mayo was a 1919 graduate of the University of Denver. After Margery's untimely death, her mother Mary Reed funded the Margery Reed Mayo Memorial Hall for the University of Denver. The figure group was unveiled during the dedication of the Margery Reed Mayo Memorial Hall. The figure group has been moved many times, apparently, from its original location on the south steps of the Margery Reed Mayo Memorial Hall. The figure group was relocated to its current site in the Humanities Garden in June 1992. IAS files contain copies of articles from Denver Clarion, April 11, 1929, pg. 1; Rocky Mountain News, April 12, 1929, pg. 5; and Denver Post, April 12, 1929, pg. 12, all three of which discuss the dedication of the Margery Reed Mayo Memorial Hall and the unveiling of the accompanying figure group; Denver Clarion, Vol. 38, no. 1, pg. 4, which discusses student vandalism of the figure group; and Colorado Heritage, (1990 Issue 2), pg. 32-33, which indicates that the figure group may be a portrait of Mary Reed and her daughter Margery Reed Mayo. IAS files also contain copies from dedication booklet, which includes biography of Margery Reed Mayo, and agenda of dedication of Margery Reed Mayo Memorial Hall, including the unveiling of the figure group; and unidentified supplementary material, including biography of Mary Reed, and report of her philanthropy to the University of Denver.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.
    Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986.
    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 CO000038
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