Celebrating Easter

Collection ID

STA.000013

Type

Statuary

Date

2009

Geography

Santa Fe, New Mexico (United States)

Language

English

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

15.75 × 9.25 × 10.5 in. (40 × 23.5 × 26.7 cm)

Exhibit Location

Not on View

This limited-edition sculpture (11/33) is considered a significant work of modern religious art. Created by renowned artist Gilbert Jerome “Gib” Singleton (1935–2014), this piece is the thirteenth station in his Stations of the Cross, a collection of works that reinterpret a tradition within the Catholic Church commemorating fourteen events from the last hours of Jesus’s life. This piece depicts the moment when the emaciated body of Jesus has been taken down from the cross and is stretched along Mary’s lap. Her left arm cradles Jesus's head, her own shrouded and bowed with a pious disposition.

Singleton’s style draws upon his interest in Western bronze sculpture but is more abstract in its figural representation. This approach was identified by Singleton as a form of emotional realism, and through it he hoped to create a spiritual and emotional connection to the soul.

Designed and created in 2009 by Gilbert Jerome “Gib” Singleton in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Sold in 2011 by C. Anthony Gallery in Beaver Creek, Colorado to the Hutchison Family Foundation in Winter Spring, Florida;[1] Donated in 2017 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.

Notes: [1] C. Anthony Gallery is the exclusive publisher of all Singleton’s art.

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