InventoryCollection Number: 17696Building: Central LibraryCurrent Location: B2 - Room 318Floor: Lower Level/Vault Object DescriptionArtist: Gabriella Polony MountainArtist Dates: 1918 - 2020Artist Nationality: HungarianAccession Date: 2021Object Type: SculptureDetails: The white marble sculpture "Mother Protecting Her Child" is a figural representation of the mother and child theme.Framed: NoLength: 10 inchesWidth: 6 inchesHeight: 19 inchesDescription: Gabriella Polony Mountain's work includes four major themes. The first three themes are clearly recognizable as the Cosmos, Nature, and Figural works with the fourth theme encompassing history, philosophy, and culture. In her life as an artist, Polony Mountain worked with many different medium including mosaics, weavings, sculpture, stained glass, and repousse. Sculpture is a three dimensional branch of the visual arts. In traditional forms of sculpture, the materials used were easily accessible and consisted of stone, metal, wood, ceramics. The process for creating sculpture is as varied as the materials used and include carving, modelling, molded, cast, welded. These days the sculptural form is one with fewer boundaries in terms of material and process. The white marble sculpture "Mother Protecting Her Child" is a figural representation of the mother and child theme. Polony Mountain uses familiar bold shapes and curvlinear lines to depict a mother embracing and protecting her child. Reproduce the Work in Library publications/publicity, including film or videotape: YesMake slides or videotapes for educational use: YesPermit the general public to photograph the work : Yes