Focus on this artwork and analyze the Acquisition.
The piece was commissioned, in June 2012, by the St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church's Mary's Garden committee, who were in charge of developing a new garden on the church grounds. They asked Gregory Mendez to create it, and he invited Neil Wiffill, whom he had worked with before, to collaborate. The Blessed Mother was completed at Wiffill's studio, 20 miles away, and moved to the church. The sculpture was dedicated on September 8, 2013, the birthday of Mary. It is located in the Mary Garden at the church.
Mary birthday