Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011

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Art of the Americas: July 2009–June 2011


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Mother and Child

about 1935
Sargent Claude Johnson
Overall: 36.8 x 9.2 x 8.6 cm (14 1/2 x 3 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Polychromed wood

Classification: Sculpture

Object Place: San Francisco, California

Accession number: 2011.1816

Provenance/Ownership History: Mid-20th century, collection of Mr. Phillip Desind; bequest of Phillip Desind to Ms. Barbara Kerman. 1998, sold by Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, to John Axelrod, Boston; 2011, sold by Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: June 22, 2011)

The John Axelrod Collection—Frank B. Bemis Fund, Charles H. Bayley Fund, and The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection