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A watercolor of a small male figure standing with his head buried in the arms a large seated ma…
The Greater Self
A watercolor of a small male figure standing with his head buried in the arms a large seated ma…
A watercolor of a small male figure standing with his head buried in the arms a large seated male figure.
The Greater Self, Kahlil Gibran, 1916, watercolor and graphite on paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

The Greater Self

Artist (American, 1883 - 1931)
Date1916
MediumWatercolor and graphite on paper
DimensionsSheet: 10 15/16 × 8 1/2 inches (27.8 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet (with mount): 18 1/8 × 14 3/8 inches (46 × 36.5 cm)
Matted: 20 × 14 1/2 inches (50.8 × 36.8 cm)
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the book "Twenty Drawings" by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number2008.9
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