Mother and Child, (sculpture).

Mother and Child, (sculpture).

Misholy, Haim, sculptor.

St. Louis Foundry, founder.

Mother and Child, (sculpture).

Commissioned ca. 1974. 1977.

Digital Reference:

Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 29.5 x 68.5 x 31.5 in.; Base: approx. 28 9/16 x 86 3/16 x 62.25 in.

(Back of sculpture, lower right:) H MISHOLY/1977 (Back of sculpture, lower left:) H M (Plaque on upper right, back base:) MOTHER AND CHILD/1977/BY HAIM MISHOLY signed

Figure group -- Family -- Mother & Child

Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Columbia

Columbia Regional Hospital, 404 Keene Street, Columbia, Missouri 65201

A group of twenty-five physicians guaranteed the loan to build the Columbia Regional Hospital which opened in 1974. The physicians They commissioned Haim Misholy, a medical student at the time, to create the sculpture which cost $35,000. The sculpture was originally located closer to the old entrance of the hospital, and was put in storage for a year when the hospital underwent expansion.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri survey, 1994.

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.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

Control Number:

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382

Powered by SirsiDynix

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact

SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System