"Humanity" Bookend: Woman

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Robert Ingersoll Aitken

Associated Names
Robert Ingersoll Aitken

Sculptor, American, 1878 - 1949

The sculpture depicts a seated figure of a woman cradling a small child. The woman is positioned bending forward and looking down at the child. The sculpture is made of bronze with a smooth finish, placed on a flat base. The woman's pose shows her legs folded and draped in fabric, while her upper body leans forward, supporting the child. The detailing captures the fabric folds and human form, creating a lifelike and anatomically accurate depiction.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Gorham Manufacturing Co., Providence and New York); purchased September 1913 by James Parmelee [1855-1931], Cleveland and Washington; his estate; bequest 1941 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on drape under right leg: AITKEN

Wikidata ID

Q63864393

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