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Unknown (Italian),
Religion -- New Testament
Animal -- Reptile
Homage -- McShane, Edward
Homage -- McShane, Mary Laughlin
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Penacook
Sculpture
Mary, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown (Italian), sculptor.
Title:
Mary, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated summer 1959 (?).
Medium:
Figure: marble; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 6 ft. x 2 ft. 4 in. x 1 ft. 1 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 7 in. x 2 ft. 7 in.
Inscription:
(On front of base, incised:) IN MEMORY OF/EDWARD AND MARY (LAUGHLIN) McSHANE/PRESENTED BY THEIR SON/EDWARD T. McSHANE/1959 unsigned
Description:
A figure of the Virgin Mary, dressed in a cinched tunic, veil, and outer cloak, stands upon a half-sphere crushing the head of a serpent with her bare feet. The figure is placed atop an inscribed base.
Subject:
Religion -- New Testament -- Mary
Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
Homage -- McShane, Edward
Homage -- McShane, Mary Laughlin
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Penacook
Sculpture
Owner:
Immaculate Conception Church, 9 Pleasant Street, On lawn between the church and rectory, Penacook, New Hampshire 03303
Remarks:
The figure was given by Edward T. McShane in memory of his parents Edward and Mary McShane and was probably dedicated in the summer of 1959; however, church history notes that the figure was imported from Italy in 1955.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire 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 NH000169
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Inventory of American Sculpture
NH000169
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