First sketch of Breast Feeding Mother

A small ceramic work came to our hands in quite good condition. Nándor Wagner was commissioned in 1956 to create a statue for maternity hospital. He made several versions and one of them and this has turned up unexpectedly. The theme itself was one his favourite during his life, he composed schematically, figurative, realistic in standing, sitting and even in globular position. The latter became his landmark piece the Mother Earth (Boshizo furusato and Földanya) as he gave different names to them.

Breast feeding mother

This nice little piece of ceramic was presented to Zsuzsa Zilahy, his child model those days. She was posing for several compositions.

Breast Feeding Mother

The plaster of the long time missing Nursing Mother came out of a hidden place. It was made during the 1950-ies and regarded as a lost piece of sculptor Nándor Wagner.

 "The Old Lady on Track" article of Fejér Megyei Hírlap (Hungarian)