Maternity
Alice Carr DE CREEFT
(American, 1899-1996)
Maternity
Date1932
Mediumrose coral
Dimensionsobject: 15 × 18 3/4 × 5 in. (38.1 × 47.6 × 12.7 cm)
weight: 88 lb. (39.9 kg)
ClassificationSCULPTURE
Credit LineSBMA, Gift of the Artist
Object number1958.38
Subject(s)
- women
Collection
- 20th century American
Sub-Collection(s)
- Modernism
On View
Not on viewCollections
Label TextThe year that Carr carved this relief, she had newly become a mother. In the 1930s, she and her husband, José de Creeft, also a sculptor, split their time between New York, France, and Spain. These flattened, generously proportioned bodies, which seem to emerge from the rock as if of their own accord, exemplify the studied primitivism achievable through the direct-carve technique that Carr and her husband espoused. Following her divorce from de Creeft, Carr continued to practice as a sculptor, specialized in the representation of animals. She is perhaps best known for her life-size bronze portrait of the triple-crown winner, Secretariat.
