Chalkware Figure - Mary and Her Sheep

c. 1939

Mina Lowry

Associated Names
Mina Lowry

Artist, American, born Canada, 1894 - 1942

The sculpture depicts a small figure of a child seated on the back of an animal, resembling a dog. The child is dressed in period clothing, including a dress and a bonnet highlighted with a subtle yellow color. The sculpture is predominantly gray. The figure and the animal share a base. The work is simplistic with minimal detail and is small in scale relative to the space around it.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.5 × 21.5 cm (10 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.9932

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 387, no. 1366.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Mina Lowry

Wikidata ID

Q64617795

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