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A drawing of a large nude female emerging from a swirling mass of nude female figures with a ha…
The Heavenly Mother
A drawing of a large nude female emerging from a swirling mass of nude female figures with a ha…
A drawing of a large nude female emerging from a swirling mass of nude female figures with a hand reaching down to touch the arm of an infant sitting on the thigh of a crouched nude figure.
The Heavenly Mother, Kahlil Gibran, 1920, pencil on wove paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, Courtesy of Fundación Carso, A.C.

The Heavenly Mother

Artist (American, 1883 - 1931)
Date1920
MediumPencil on wove paper
DimensionsMatted: 30 × 24 inches (76.2 × 61 cm)
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the book "The Forerunner: His Parables and Poems," 1920 [also known as "The Lament of the Forerunner"]
MarkingsStamped, "Strathmore [Trademark]"
Credit LineGift of Mary Haskell Minis.
Object number1950.8.21
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