One and Another

Hugo Robus, One and Another, 1934, bronze on wood base, overall: 28 ³⁄₄ x 43 ⁷⁄₈ x 23 ³⁄₈ in. (73.0 x 111.5 x 59.4 cm.) base: 1 ³⁄₄ x 43 ⁷⁄₈ x 23 ³⁄₈ in. (4.5 x 111.5 x 59.4 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.72

Artwork Details

Title: One and Another
Artist: Hugo Robus
Date: 1934
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: overall: 28 ³⁄₄ x 43 ⁷⁄₈ x 23 ³⁄₈ in. (73.0 x 111.5 x 59.4 cm.) base: 1 ³⁄₄ x 43 ⁷⁄₈ x 23 ³⁄₈ in. (4.5 x 111.5 x 59.4 cm.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Mediums: bronze
wood
Mediums Description: bronze on wood base
Classifications: Sculpture
Subjects: Figure group — family — mother and child
Figure group — female and child — nude
Object Number: 1986.6.72
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.6.72

Artwork Description

Hugo Robus’s sculpture captures the age-old theme of mother and child. The stylized design and polished surface of One and Another reflect his early training as a jeweler before he turned to painting and subsequently to sculpture. Each figure is complete yet interlocked with the other; their silhouettes trace the double oval of the infinity symbol, recalling the interdependence of mother and child.

Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, 2014