Sculpture: Italian Carrara marble; Base: grey granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Gravestone
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Clear Creek Christian Church 5405 South Rogers Street Bloomington Indiana 47403
Located Clear Creek Christian Church Cemetery Clear Creek Indiana
Date:
1968
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(On rear of sculpture near base:) HElgar '68 (On front of base, incised lettering:) ELGAR/PAULINE R./1913/HAROLD E./1910-1984 signed
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Summary:
A kneeling figure of Mary supports a lifeless figure of Christ against her body with her proper right hand on his chest and her proper left hand beneath his proper left arm. The sculpture is mounted on a base that serves as a gravestone for the artist.
