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Two women with raised hands stand in front of a veiled statue in the background.
Hope of the Cross – The Light Comes with Shadows – Woe with the Wonder
Two women with raised hands stand in front of a veiled statue in the background.
Two women with raised hands stand in front of a veiled statue in the background.
Hope of the Cross – The Light Comes with Shadows – Woe with the Wonder, Maria von Matthiessen, 1997, black and white print, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © 2018 by Malte von Matthiessen.

Hope of the Cross – The Light Comes with Shadows – Woe with the Wonder

Artist (American, 1944 - 2001)
Date1997
Mediumblack and white print
DimensionsImage: 16 × 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Portfolio/Series"The Magical Self: African-American Hairdos in Savannah" series
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number2001.11.24
On View
Not on view
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Subject MatterSavannah National Wildlife Refuge, 694 Beech Hill Lane, Hardeeville, South Carolina, United States of America
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