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Madonna and Child
1917 (cast 1925)20 1/2 x 15 x 11 in. (52.1 x 38.1 x 27.9 cm)
Ivan Mestrovic
Croatian (Vrpolje, Croatia, 1883 - 1962, South Bend, IN (buried in Otavice, Croatia))
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Bronze
Credit Line:
Subscription fund contributed by a group of donors
Accession Number:
1925.35
Location: Not currently on view
Examples of prehistoric cave painting and rock art indicate humans have always recognized the divine bond between a mother and her child. With his austere modernist figures, Ivan Mestrovic sought to capture a universal spiritual feeling. His unique style clearly affected the many Rochesterians who donated money to purchase this piece from a popular exhibition of the artist’s sculpture held at the Gallery in 1925.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
Bibliography
See reference to another example of this bust in Dalibor Prancevic, "Ivan Mestrovic i Kultura Modernizma," Muzeji Ivana Mestrovica, Split, Croatia, 2012, p. 146
Provenance
Purchased following a community subscription drive following the 1925 exhibition at the Memorial Art Gallery.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- The Mestrovic Exhibition Brooklyn Museum December 1924
- Ivan Mestrovic 4/6/1927 - 5/1/1927
- Permanent Collection Treasures 6/1/1957 - 8/31/1957
- Focus on Faces 1967
- 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: Names of Donors Whose Gift of Mestrovic Sculptures Is Now in Evidence in Gallery. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, NY: Rochester Print Co. Issue Date: 2/7/1926. Page Number: 7
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Christian Brinton. The Mestrovic Exhibition. New York, NY: Brooklyn Museum, 1924.
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Marjorie Searl and Lu Harper. The Memorial Art Gallery: 100 Years. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2013.
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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