Hand of Providence - San Diego, CA - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

This sculpture entitled "Hand of Providence" is by artist Mary Buckman and dated 1999. It depicts an adult man helping a young barefoot man up front the pavement.
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"Mary Buckman has been a sculptor since 1982, after having previously earned a collegiate degree in Fine Art and Sculpture. Her sculptures can be found in collections throughout the United States and Europe.

Ms. Buckman has formally shown her work throughout California and has received many awards and honorariums. She has successfully installed several public art works, commissioned by the City of San Diego, the City of Santee, California, City of La Jolla, California, and the City of East Lansing, Michigan.

Buckman has recently completed two larger than lifesize figures cast in bronze for the Pierre Toussaint Teen Center in San Diego, California and four lifesize bronze figures for the Mission Federal Credit Union in Escondido, California, and a lifesize bronze figure for the city of East Lansing, Michigan.

Currently, Ms. Buckman is working on a commission sculpting portraits of the nine Supreme Court Justices for the California Western School of Law. The third of nine of these bronzes has been completed. Many of her sculptures are in collections throughout the United States and Europe."

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Hand of Providence Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Mary Buckman Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1999 Materials used: appears to be bronze Location: 1404 5th Ave., San Diego, CA 92101

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