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PROPERTY FROM THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND

CHAIM GROSS (1904-1991)
Happy Mother
inscribed 'CHAIM/GROSS/1958' and 'Bedi-Rassy N.Y' (along the base)
bronze with brown patina
52 in. (132.1 cm.) high
Cast in 1958.

PROVENANCE
The artist.
Alexander Rittmaster, Woodmere, New York, commissioned from the above, 1958.
Mr. and Mrs. John Madden, Coconut Grove, Florida; Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Brenner, New Orleans, Louisiana; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rittmaster, London, by descent.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1981.

LITERATURE
F. Getlin, Chaim Gross, New York, 1974, n.p., pl. 158, another example illustrated.
"Sculptor Gross' Bronze to be Unveiled," The Jewish Floridian, December 4, 1981, p. B1, illustrated.
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