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Nursing Madonna (Number 3 from the series Madonnas of Transportation)
Allan Rohan Crite (American, 1910–2007)
1987
Medium/Technique
Offset lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 26.4 x 40.4cm (10 3/8 x 15 7/8in.)
Sheet: 27.9 x 43.2 cm (11 x 17 in.)
Sheet: 27.9 x 43.2 cm (11 x 17 in.)
Credit Line
The Living New England Artist Purchase Fund, created by The Stephen and Sybil Stone Foundation
Accession Number2002.330
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
In his series Madonnas of Transportation, Boston painter and printmaker Allan Rohan Crite places a black Madonna and Child in African dress amidst the everyday settings of the city's public transportation system, alternately sharing a crowded subway car with other passengers or, as here, in quiet contemplation. In his late seventies at the time, Crite executed the series with a small home printing press on standard 11x17 copy paper.
ProvenanceAllan Rohan Crite and Jackie Cox-Crite, Boston, MA; sold by Allan Rohan Crite and Jackie Cox-Crite to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2002)