Signature engraved on the bronze: A. Murer 84. The artwork depicts a nude mother sitting on a trunk with a child raised in her arms. Patineted bronze. Documented by photo, with the artist's signature on the back, certificate of authenticity and origin of the work. In good condition, with no defects or abrasions. Measurements cm h. 76x55x28. Augusto Murer, 1922-1985. Bronze sculpture "Maternity" The artwork belongs to the Lercaro Collection, which was formed by the will and commitment of Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro, initially thanks to donations to the Cardinal himself of some works by four masters and professors of the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna (Aldo Borgonzoni, Pompilio Mandelli, Enzo Pasqualini and Ilario Rossi), on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. The collection has gradually expanded thanks to donations, now it has 1800 works, and was inaugurated in 1989. Initially housed at the Gallery of Modern Art in Bologna, since 2003 it has been at the Veritatis Splendor Institute, in the city center. From the Treccani encyclopedia. Sculptor (Falcade 1922 - Padua 1985). He frequented A. Martini's studio for a long time. Particularly successful in woods and bronzes, M.'s "realism" was realized in an expressionistic vision, with the pictorial values ?? ??of the forms often accentuated by cuts and lacerations, in the ability to dominate and at the same time enhance the material. Among his works: monuments to the partisan (Venice, 1964), to the Resistance (Belluno, 1967), for Vittorio Veneto (Vittorio Veneto, 1967), to the Resistance (Cansiglio, Belluno, 1970).