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Elizabeth Catlett, 1915-2012, Standing Mother and Child
Estimate:
$20,000 - $30,000
Sold
$18,750
Live Auction
Fall Fine Art Auction
Description
Elizabeth Catlett
1915-2012
Standing Mother and Child
1980
bronze with dark patina
23 inches high (sculpture)
initialed, EC, with AP
Provenance: presented to Donald M. Stewart, President, The College Board from the Board of Trustees , June 17, 1999. Dr Stewart was the President of Spellman College from 1976-1986. He then became the president of The College Board in NYC (for 12 years).
https://www.spelman.edu/about-us/office-of-the-president/past-presidents/donald-stewart
In "Standing Mother and Child" (1978) upward movement is reinforced by repetition of vertical lines in the pleat of the mother's dress, embrace of the mother's arms, and the small long back of the child. The mother stands upright with a simple dignity, but it is the melding of the child's body into hers and the yielding expression on her face that make the work emanate a tender relationship." --Martha Kearns, Sculpture (magazine) vol. 18 no. 2 (1999). p.35
1915-2012
Standing Mother and Child
1980
bronze with dark patina
23 inches high (sculpture)
initialed, EC, with AP
Provenance: presented to Donald M. Stewart, President, The College Board from the Board of Trustees , June 17, 1999. Dr Stewart was the President of Spellman College from 1976-1986. He then became the president of The College Board in NYC (for 12 years).
https://www.spelman.edu/about-us/office-of-the-president/past-presidents/donald-stewart
In "Standing Mother and Child" (1978) upward movement is reinforced by repetition of vertical lines in the pleat of the mother's dress, embrace of the mother's arms, and the small long back of the child. The mother stands upright with a simple dignity, but it is the melding of the child's body into hers and the yielding expression on her face that make the work emanate a tender relationship." --Martha Kearns, Sculpture (magazine) vol. 18 no. 2 (1999). p.35
