Hope of Humanity - Austin, TX
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N 30° 15.797 W 097° 45.965
14R E 618697 N 3348603
Portrays the human family - Man, Woman, Child - as the Hope for Humanity. Located inside the Umlauf Sculpture Garden. There is no fee to visit the garden.
Waymark Code: WMWJDV
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2017
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On the left is a man, draped across his lap on to the right is a woman. They are holding between them a child (with a very mature face) whose hands are held up and he is looking up as toward heaven.
Text in part of information provided near statue:
Umlauf was commissioned to make a major sculpture in bronze for the entrance of the Houston Museum of Natural Science in 1970. He worked for two years, creating sketches on paper, than a clay and plaster. In Italy he cast this scale model and finally, the monumental figural group.
Umlauf gifted this 1/3 size scale model to the Umlauf's permanent collection.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Hope of Humanity
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Charles Umlauf
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1971
Materials used: Bronze figures
Location: Umlauf Sculpture Garden
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