Mother and Child
This bronze sculpture by Chaim Gross depicts a playful interaction between mother and child, with the seated mother lifting a small figure above her head in a gesture of joy and connection. The composition is dynamic and informal, capturing a moment of intimate family affection through simplified, modernist forms. Mounted on a wooden base, the work exemplifies Gross's characteristic style of reducing the human figure to essential volumes while maintaining expressive vitality. The piece reflects mid-twentieth-century modernist sculpture's engagement with domestic subject matter and abstracted figuration.
- Medium
- Bronze on wood base
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Eldred's
🔨 Auction Lot
Provincetown Art Association & Museum Benefit Auction
May 16, 2026
Estimate: $1,000 to $1,500
Lot 81
Artists in conversation
Henry Moore
British · b. 1898
Moore repeatedly explored the mother and child theme in bronze sculpture using abstracted, simplified forms that reduce the human figure to essential volumes while preserving deep emotional resonance, making his work directly comparable to this Gross piece in both subject matter and modernist figurative approach.
Jacques Lipchitz
Lithuanian French · b. 1891
Lipchitz created expressive bronze figurative sculptures with dynamic compositions and simplified modernist forms that captured intimate human interactions and gestural energy, sharing with this Gross work the same mid century modernist vocabulary of abstracted yet emotionally vital figuration.
Käthe Kollwitz
German · b. 1867
Kollwitz produced powerful sculptural works centered on the mother and child relationship, conveying tenderness and emotional connection through simplified figurative forms, aligning closely with the intimate domestic themes and expressive gestural quality found in this Gross bronze.
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