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    		• Taft, Lorado Zadoc,
     
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    		• Prasuhn, John G.,
     
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    		• Renault, George,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Female & Child
     
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    		• Object -- Musical Instrument
     
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    		• Figure -- Child
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Seated Woman with Children, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Taft, Lorado Zadoc, 1860-1936, sculptor.
    Prasuhn, John G., 1877-1947, assistant.
    Renault, George, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Seated Woman with Children, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Lincoln Park Bandstand Figures, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1915. Installed 1970.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. x 3 ft. x 2 ft. 8 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A seated female figure playing a lute and two small nude children standing to either side of her in the folds of her skirt. The female figure has a veil on her head.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Female & Child
    Object -- Musical Instrument -- Lute
    Figure -- Child -- Nude
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605
    Located Belden Triangle, 2300 North Clark, Clark Street and Belden Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Lincoln Park, Bandstand, Chicago, Illinois 1915-1939.
    Remarks: 
    It is believed that the figures were actually the work of two of Taft's student assistants, John Prashun and George Renault. The sculpture, unveiled in 1915, was originally part of the Lincoln Park bandstand. It was removed in 1939. In 1970 it was resurrected and in cooperation with the Chicago Park District was included in Belden Triangle.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1993.
    Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 168.
    Riedy, James, "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981, pg. 262.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL5007, 1989.
    Monumental News, March, Oct. 1915.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 168.
    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 87580053
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