Administered by City of Philadelphia Fairmount Park Commission Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19131
Located School of the Future 4021 Parkside Avenue 20th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Date:
1955. Dedicated Nov. 1956
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
City of Philadelphia, 1973.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 298.
Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 231.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Inventory staff, 2001
Kreilick Conservation, 2008.
Image on file.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 298.
WALDEMAR RAEMISCH/1955 signed
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Summary:
A mother seated in the center of a group of nine children of varying ages. The children are spread out linear fashion on the left and right sides of the mother. Most of the children look toward the mother while two older girls, one on each side of the mother, watch the younger children. All of the figures are barefoot and are dressed in simplified attire. The mother and the two older girls wear kerchiefs on their heads. The mother's head is bent down as she reads from an open book placed across her lap. Her arms are bent across her chest.
