Holy Family - Dayton, Ohio
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Holy Family is a welded aluminum sculpture depicting Jesus flanked by his parents, Mary and Joseph.
Waymark Code: WMMH92
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 09/21/2014
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Holy Family is an aluminum sculpture mounted on a concrete base in the courtyard of St. Joseph Hall on the campus of the
University of Dayton. The figures are about 76 inches tall and span about 88 inches. From the Smithsonian AIC Description:
Full-length depiction of Jesus as an adolescent, flanked by Joseph to his proper right and Mary to his proper left. All three figures are standing and wear robes, and the figures of Joseph and Jesus clutch their robes at their midriffs with their proper right hands. The proper right hand of Mary rests on the proper left shoulder of Jesus. The robes cover the proper left arms of all three figures. Joseph is hooded.
From the Smithsonian AIC Remarks:
The sculpture consists of 80 pieces of cast aluminum, and is hollow in the rear. A light system is bolted in between Joseph and Jesus.
TITLE: Holy Family
ARTIST(S): sculptor : Dorothea Kennedy; Contractor: Double Jay Construction Company
DATE: 1990. Installed Feb. 6, 1991
MEDIUM: Sculpture: welded and bolted cast aluminum; Foundation: concrete
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS OH000215
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
University of Dayton
St. Joseph Hall Courtyard
Dayton, Ohio
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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