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    		• Trovato, Joseph S.,
     
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    		• McDermid, James,
     
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    		• Portrait female -- Trovato
     
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    		• Homage -- Trovato, Joseph S.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Art
     
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    		• State of Being -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Clinton
     
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    		• Gravestone
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Artist's Mother, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983, sculptor.
    McDermid, James, caster.
    Title: 
    Artist's Mother, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Head of a Woman, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1935. Cast ca. 1976.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: cast stone; Base: marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 17 x 16 x 14 in.; Base: approx. 4 x 24 x 20 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A bust portrait of the artist's mother, depicted with her eyes closed and her head resting against her proper left arm. The sculpture is mounted on a low square base. The piece marks the grave of the artist, Joseph S. Trovato.
    Subject: 
    Portrait female -- Trovato -- Bust
    Homage -- Trovato, Joseph S.
    Occupation -- Art -- Sculptor
    State of Being -- Other -- Sleep
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Clinton
    Gravestone
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Sunset Hill Cemetery, Clinton, New York
    Remarks: 
    Joseph S. Trovato (1912-1983) sculpted this likeness of his mother either shortly before, or shortly after, her death from cancer in 1935. This casting was done from the plaster original by James McDermid of Rome, New York.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    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 NY000930
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