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The head of a woman in profile wearing a fanned reeded headdress against a backdrop of still wa…
Rising from the Marsh
The head of a woman in profile wearing a fanned reeded headdress against a backdrop of still wa…
The head of a woman in profile wearing a fanned reeded headdress against a backdrop of still water.
Rising from the Marsh, Maria von Matthiessen, 1997, sepia-toned print, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © 2018 by Malte von Matthiessen.

Rising from the Marsh

Artist (American, 1944 - 2001)
Date1997
Mediumsepia-toned print
DimensionsSheet: 16 × 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Portfolio/Series"The Magical Self: African-American Hairdos in Savannah" series
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number2001.11.27
On View
Not on view
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