Is that you, Auntie?

This is Action in Chains: Monument to Louis-Auguste Blanqui, by Aristide Maillol, done in 1905 or so, found in the Hirshhorn Sculpture Gallery on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Thus, since it is Louise-August Blanqui, this is NOT my mother-in-law. But one of The Spouse's 7 year-old cousins thought the hair bore a passing resemblance. (See Hiatus Interruptus, for an explanation of why I asked The Spouse's 7-year old cousins to find a sculpture that looked like their aunt (my mother-in-law).) This is Nymph done in 1937, and also by Aristide Maillol. Again, this is NOT my mother-in-law. However, The Spouse's young cousins all thought it looked like her, for one reason or another. One said it was like her because the statue evoked peace, and he thinks my mother-in-law is peaceful. Another thought Nymph looked like my mother-in-law because "[My mother-in-law] holds her hands like that sometimes."

Nymph doesn't really remind me of The Spouse's mom, but I am beginning to think she might have been famed sculptor Aristide Maillol in a previous life.