Rose Van Vranken Patina Bronze Sculpture Theotokos Maquette Madonna

For your consideration is this bronze sculpture by Rose Van Vranken (1918-2013). The sculpture is titled Theotokos-Maquette (Mother of God-scale model) has a green turquoise applied patina. The bronze measures approximately 18 tall x 4 1/2 widest. It sits on a Travertine marble base 6 x 4 1/2x 1 1/4. It is signed Van Vranken on the back of bronze. It is number 5/6. The bronze is in very good condition. The marble has a few chips. Please look at the photos for further description. Feel free to contact us with any questions you may have on this item, and thanks for stopping by. Sales tax will be added where states now require it. California residents add 9.25% About: Rose Van Vranken (American, 1918-2013) was born in Passaic, New Jersey on May 15, 1918. Raised in southern California, Van Vranken grew up in Pasadena. After graduating from Pasadena Junior College, she won an art scholarship to Pomona College (1936-38), and then studied at the California School of Fine Arts and Art Students League in New York City. She also studied with William Zorach and Robert Laurent, and at New York University's Graduate Institute of Fine Art as an Art History student. In 1942 she married Robert Hickey and moved to Iowa City, Iowa. She died in Madison, Wisconsin on June 17, 2013. Member: Salmagundi Club (NYC) Texas Society of Sculptors National Association of Women Artists Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors International shipments via USPS mail only. We do not falsify