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Statuette "Madonna"

Artist: Georg J. Lober, American, 1892-1961
Medium: Silver and black stone
Dates: 1925
Dimensions: 14 3/8 x 3 1/4 x 3 in., 9 lb. (36.5 x 8.3 x 7.6 cm, 4.1kg)
Markings: Incised around bottom edge of silver base: "AMER. ART F.DRY. N.Y."
Signature: Inscribed on proper right below figure: "GEORG LOBER 1925"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 26.153
Credit Line: Gift of Bruce Douglas
Image: Overall, 26.153.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: Statuette of columnar figure of Madonna holding infant Christ, in Gothic style. She wears long robes with stylized drapery folds and a crown, Christ has a halo. Standing on half-dome atop stepped base with band of stylized foliate forms. Silver sculpture attached to simple black stone base that flares at bottom. Condition: Good, some accretions in crevices.

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