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Madonna and Child

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Madonna and Child
Photography © Tate 2014.  For the supply of this image please contact Tate Images - <a href="ma…
Photography © Tate 2014. For the supply of this image please contact Tate Images - <a href="mailto:tate.images@tate.org.uk">tate.images@tate.org.uk</a>

Madonna and Child

Date1943
Artwork TypeSculpture Summary
Catalogue NumberLH 223
Dimensionsartwork (h x l x d): 14.5 × 5.5 × 6.5 cm
Ownershipedition summary - see individual casts for ownership
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Edition summary
Bronze edition of 7+[1], cast c.1945
Foundry: Art Bronze Foundry (Gaskin's)

Current or last known owner - click on the 'related' tab below to find out more about specific works
cast a: Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale
cast b: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Richman
cast c: The Trustees of the Tate Gallery: purchased from the artist through the Berkeley Galleries (Knapping Fund) 1945
cast d: unknown
cast e: unknown
cast f: unknown
cast g: unknown
cast h: unknown
cast i: Christie's, New York, 10 May 2001
cast j: Sotheby's, London, 9 Jun 2015

terracotta, 1943: unknown

Remarks
A sketch-model for stone sculpture.

The known edition size for this work is 7, perhaps with an additional artist's copy. There is a larger number of casts listed here because, in some instances, it has not yet been possible to reconcile our records with the information supplied about the edition and specific casts. Our records also suggest there may have been two editions made of this work.
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