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Mother of Exiles

 Collection
Identifier: 2010.031

Scope and Contents

A grayscale print that shows an angled view of the Statue of Liberty, weeping and crowned in a ring of stars. An inscription beneath the stars reads, "La Dame de Bedloe" and the title of the piece is a bottom, with the tilted o's charateristic of Indiana's previous work, Love. #2 in a series of 15, printed at Vinalhaven Press from June to September of 1985.

Dates

  • 1986

Extent

1 item(s) (paper (arches cover paper); ink; 36' X 24" [unframed]) : paper (arches cover paper); ink ; 36' X 24" [unframed]

Physical Location

Back Hall, 4th floor

Inscriptions and tags

2010.031

Inscriptions and tags

Mother of Exiles (black) 2/15 Robert Indiana 1986

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchasd by the donors on July 19, 1988 from the artist; they purchased two of the prints, one in black and one in blue. Donated by James and Nancy Meikle in 2010

Temporary Number

TN090.1

Appraisals

Y: 2008 (Howlett--Childs Gallery)

Note about creators

Created by Robert Indiana, and printed by Anthony Kirk, Orlando Condeso, and Susan Volker.

Photo

Y

Title type

Inscribed

Culture of Origin

American (North American)

Style

Pop (fine arts styles)

Catalog Date

6/14/2016

Title
Catalog record for Mother of Exiles
Author
Initial metadata prepared by Mary Kathryn Menck. EAD record prepared in MarcEdit.
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Fine Art Collections Repository

Contact:
New England Historic Genealogical Society
99-101 Newbury Street
Boston MA 02116-3007 United States
617-536-5740