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    		• Torrione, Dal,
     
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    		• Religion -- Old Testament
     
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    		• State of Being -- Emotion
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- Breaux Bridge
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Rachel Mourning, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Torrione, Dal, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Rachel Mourning, (sculpture).
    Medium: 
    Figure: metal with bright bronze or brassy patina; Base: white granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 35.5 x 13 x 20 in.; Base: approx. 29 x 20 x 25.5 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On lower proper left side of figure, back:) Dal Torrione/P 186 K.B.G. (On front of base, incised:) RACHEL MOURNING/"A VOICE IS HEARD IN/RAMAH, LAMENTING AND/WEEPING BITTERLY: IT IS/RACHEL WEEPING FOR/HER CHILDREN BECAUSE/THEY ARE NO MORE."/JEREMIAH 31:15/MEMORIAL TO/THE VICTIMS/OF ABORTION (On left side of base inside a metal compartment:) Jesus, Mary and Joseph I love you very much. I beg you to spare the life of the unborn child that I have spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion. Amen. signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A female figure with shoulder-length hair, kneeling with her hands in her lap. Between her hands, filling her skirt are several roses. She wears a v-necked, full-length dress that buttons down the front.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- Old Testament -- Rachel
    State of Being -- Emotion -- Sorrow
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- Breaux Bridge
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    St. Bernard's Catholic Church, 204 North Main Street, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana 70517
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana survey, 1996.
    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 LA000314
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