Mother and Child - Georgetown, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member WalksfarTX
N 30° 38.155 W 097° 39.904
14R E 627928 N 3390013
A mother kneels holding a standing infant in her arms. It is located in a walled enclosure on the East side of Lois Perkins Chapel on the campus of Southwestern University.
Waymark Code: WMVE7Z
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn
Views: 1

Smithsonian Website

The mother is barefoot and has short hair, she wears a long-sleeved, ankle-length, collarless dress. She balances her nude infant on her bent right leg.

Commissioned 1951 by Mrs. Herman Brown, in memory of her mother Carolina Easely Root.

TITLE: Mother and Child

ARTIST(S): Charles Umlauf

DATE: 1952

MEDIUM: Sculpture: statuary cement with marble aggregate added and cast stone; Base: ceramic tile over concrete.

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TX000630

Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Lois Perkins Chapel W Rutersville Rd. Georgetown, TX 78626


DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None noted


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