Playfulness

Date: 1912-1914
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Artist: **Paul Manship** Born: St. Paul, Minnesota 1885 Died: New York, New York 1966

Medium: bronze on marble base, Roman Bronze Works (Founder) Dimensions: 13 3/8 x 12 5/8 x 7 in. (34.0 x 32.1 x 17.8 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of the artist

Accession: 1965.16.12 || The bond between mother and child blends past, present, and future in an unchanging cycle of existence. The soft patina of the surface, ranging in color from deep browns to delicate greens, gives an ancient quality to the sculpture's modern form.
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