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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.51
People
John Bernard Flannagan, American (Fargo, ND 1895 - 1942 New York, NY)
Title
Mother and Child
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Design for a Skyscraper Court
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1934-1935
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230260

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red sandstone
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
108 x 94 x 71.1 cm (42 1/2 x 37 x 28 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Bernard Flannagan, sold; to Chauncey Stillman, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. Chauncey Stillman
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.51
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Art in Our Time, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY, 1939), no. 291, reproduced in b/w
  • Letters of John B. Flannagan, Curt Valentin (New York, NY, 1942), pp. 15, 64, 85
  • The Sculpture of John B. Flannagan, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY, 1942), reproduced in b/w, p. 27; no. 24, p. 38; reference, p. 11

Exhibition History

  • Art in Our Time, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 04/18/1939 - 09/30/1939
  • The Sculpture of John B. Flannagan, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 10/20/1942 - 11/29/1942

Verification Level

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