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Pieta, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Ghuatal, G. B., contractor. Title:  Pieta, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1961. Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base: marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 57 x 39 x 24 in.; Base: approx. 17 in. x 13 ft. x 31 in. Inscription:  (On plate on base, rear:) Built by/G. B. Ghuatal (On plaque on base, front:) IN MEMORY OF/OUR PARENTS/JOHN AND FRANCES/KESSLER/1961 unsigned Description:  Seated figure of Mary holds the crucified Christ on her lap. The sculpture is placed on a rectangular planter and is flanked by rectangular marble slabs. Subject:  Religion -- New Testament -- Christ Religion -- New Testament -- Mary Religion -- New Testament -- Crucifixion Homage -- Kessler, John Homage -- Kessler, Frances Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Birch Run Sculpture Owner:  Administered by St. Mary's Church of Albee, 5661 Fergus Road, St. Charles, Michigan Located St. Mary's Cemetery, Birch Run Road between Briggs & Bishop Roads, Birch Run, Michigan 48655 Remarks:  The sculpture was erected by the children of John and Frances Kessler in their memory. The sculpture is sited on the first location of St. Mary's of Albe Church, which was razed when the new church on Fergus Street was built in the early 1950s. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993. 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 MI000583   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MI000583 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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