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Mexican Madonna
Accession # 30.1106
Artist Phidias Alexandre
Title Mexican Madonna
Date 1925
Medium Wood (hardwood)
Dimensions 21 1/4 x 12 x 12 in. (54 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Signed Incised on proper right side of neck near base: "FID 1925" [shortening of Phidias?]
Credit Line Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Location Visible Storage: Case 31, Shelf D (Sculpture)
Description Carved over-life-sized bust of woman facing frontally with broad, heavy features and hair tied into braids; bust attached square base (probably not original) with an iron screw. Surface textured all over. Condition: Good; some cracks in wood.