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Harrow, Maurice,
Ireland, Derry N.,
Unknown (Ireland),
Figure group -- Family
Ethnic -- Irish
State of Being -- Emotion
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
Sculpture
Irish Famine Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Harrow, Maurice, sculptor.
Ireland, Derry N., sculptor.
Unknown (Ireland), founder.
Title:
Irish Famine Monument, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
An Gorta Mor - The Great Hunger, (sculpture).
Dates:
Cast 1997. Dedicated July 23, 1997.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 7 x 13 x 2.5 ft.; Base: approx. 2.5 x 14 x 4.5 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of base:) An Gorta Mor - The Great Hunger/IRELAND 1845-1850/DEDICATED BY THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND MARY ROBINSON/JULY 23, 1997 (On back of base:) NEVER AGAIN SHOULD A PEOPLE STARVE IN A WORLD OF PLENTY unsigned
Description:
The starving figures of an Irish mother and father, each holding a child, reach out toward one another from across a rectangular polished granite base meant to symbolize the ocean. The mother is seated at one end holding a limp little boy and the father stands at the opposite end holding a little girl. The attenuated figures are roughly modeled to emphasize their hunger and sadness at parting.
Subject:
Figure group -- Family
Ethnic -- Irish
State of Being -- Emotion -- Sorrow
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Cambridge, Cambridge Historical Commission, 831 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Located Cambridge Common, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Remarks:
The monument was erected on the 150th anniversary of the worst year of the Irish Potato Famine, the year 1847, also known as "Black 47." The monument is intended to emphasize universal themes of world wide hunger and suffering. For additional information see also the Cambridge Chronicle, July 3, 1997, pg. 5 and the Boston Globe, Aug. 24, 1997, pg. A1-A26.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
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 MA000378
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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