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A woman standing by a fountain with a church spire in the background on the right.
Sparkling Fountain
A woman standing by a fountain with a church spire in the background on the right.
A woman standing by a fountain with a church spire in the background on the right.
Sparkling Fountain, Maria von Matthiessen, 1997, black and white print, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © 2018 by Malte von Matthiessen.

Sparkling Fountain

Artist (American, 1944 - 2001)
Date1997
Mediumblack and white print
DimensionsSight: 12 7/8 × 8 5/16 inches (32.7 × 21.1 cm)
Portfolio/Series"The Magical Self: African-American Hairdos in Savannah" series
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number2001.11.4
On View
Not on view
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Subject MatterLafayette Square, between Lafayette Avenue & Park Avenue, Savannah, Georgia, United States of America
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