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A black and white drawing of a nude female laying across the lap of a seated nude male surround…
Crossed Open Embrace
A black and white drawing of a nude female laying across the lap of a seated nude male surround…
A black and white drawing of a nude female laying across the lap of a seated nude male surrounded by clouds.
Crossed Open Embrace, Kahlil Gibran, c. 1931, pencil and charcoal on paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, Courtesy of Fundación Carso, A.C.

Crossed Open Embrace

Artist (American, 1883 - 1931)
Datec. 1931
Mediumpencil and charcoal on paper
DimensionsSheet: 14 1/8 × 10 7/8 inches (35.9 × 27.6 cm)
Matted: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the book "The Garden of the Prophet," 1933
Credit LineGift of Mary Haskell Minis.
Object number1950.8.5
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