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Statuette "Madonna"
Georg J. Lober
American Art
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
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) (show scale)
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
ACCESSION NUMBER
26.153
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Bruce Douglas
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.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Georg J. Lober (American, 1892–1961). Statuette "Madonna," 1925. Silver and black stone, 14 3/8 x 3 1/4 x 3 in., 9 lb. (36.5 x 8.3 x 7.6 cm, 4.1kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Bruce Douglas, 26.153. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 26.153.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 26.153.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
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