Mother and Child - Georgetown, TX
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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
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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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