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A drawing of two disembodied heads, a female and a child's.
Mother and Child
A drawing of two disembodied heads, a female and a child's.
A drawing of two disembodied heads, a female and a child's.
Mother and Child, Kahlil Gibran, 1920, pencil on cardboard, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Mother and Child

Artist (American, 1883 - 1931)
Date1920
Mediumpencil on cardboard
DimensionsSheet: 8 1/4 × 17 1/4 inches (21 × 43.8 cm)
Matted: 20 × 24 inches (50.8 × 61 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mary Haskell Minis.
Object number1950.8.29
On View
Not on view
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