FILTER RESULTS
Maternity
195614 x 7 x 9 in. (35.6 x 17.8 x 22.9 cm)
Giacomo Manzù
Italian (1908 - 1991)
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Bronze
Credit Line:
R. T. Miller Fund
Accession Number:
1957.32
Location: Not currently on view
Edition: 1/1
The remarkable bond between a mother and her child begins with gestation and continues after birth through touch. Our first lessons on how to interact with our world and the people around us begin in our mother’s arms. Giacomo Manzù captured this intensely physical relationship in a series of sculptures of women with their children in various states of embrace and caress. This sculpture was never put into production, and the chalky remains of the casting process remain on its surface.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Honoring R. T. Miller Memorial Art Gallery 10/1/1958 - 10/31/1958
- Contrasts/Comparisons 9/28/1973 - 10/28/1973
- An Exhibition of Small Sculptures Memorial Art Gallery 1/18/1977 - 2/25/1977
- Exhibition at Long Ridge Mall Memorial Art Gallery 4/18/1977 - 5/17/1977
- Man, The Incomplete God 11/19/1977 - 2/12/1978
- It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG's Collection 3/17/2013 - 6/9/2013
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: New Acquisitions in Sculpture. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 23, Issue Number: 3. Issue Date: January, 1958.
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
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It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue
Entry for this artwork in the It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue. The exhibition ran from March 17-June 9, 2013