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Our Lady of Fatima, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Our Lady of Fatima, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Fatima Group, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1963. Medium:  Figures: concrete, painted white; Mary's base: painted concrete. Dimensions:  3 figures. Mary: approx. 60 x 20 x 17 in.; Mary's base: approx. 37 x 52 x 40 in.; Larger girl: approx. 31 x 11 x 18 in.; Smaller girl: approx. 28 x 11 x 18 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Three figures -- Mary atop a base and two young girls kneeling on the grass before her -- depicting Mary's apparition at Fatima. Mary is dressed in a long embroidered veil, a tunic, and holds rosary beads in her folded hands. The larger girl, placed at the proper right of Mary, wears a dress, a veil, and shoes. She holds rosary beads in her hands as if in prayer. The smaller girl, kneels to Mary's proper left, and wears a dress, a kerchief, and shoes, and holds her hands in prayerful gesture. Rosary beads are placed in her front pocket. Subject:  Religion -- New Testament -- Mary Religion -- Prayer Object -- Other -- Rosary Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Nashua Sculpture Owner:  Bishop Guertin High School, 194 Lund Road, On Almont Street side, between the main building and gymnasium, Nashua, New Hampshire 03060 Provenance:  Formerly located Sisters of the Gray Nuns, Main Street, On the grounds of the residence adjoining St. Joseph's Orphanage, Nashua, New Hampshire Remarks:  The Fatima group was formerly located on the Property of the Sisters of the Gray Nuns. When the High School was built in 1963, the Sisters gave it to the school. The statue of Francisco, the young boy, that was originally included in the group, was stolen and has not been replaced. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire 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 NH000055   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NH000055 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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