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A watercolor and drawing of a centaur, a half-man, half-horse mythological figure, rearing upwa…
The Great Longing
A watercolor and drawing of a centaur, a half-man, half-horse mythological figure, rearing upwa…
A watercolor and drawing of a centaur, a half-man, half-horse mythological figure, rearing upwards with his arms flailing and head thrown back with an expression of anguish.
The Great Longing, Kahlil Gibran, 1916, watercolor and pencil on paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, Courtesy of Fundación Carso, A.C.

The Great Longing

Artist (American, 1883 - 1931)
Date1916
MediumWatercolor and pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet: 10 7/8 × 8 1/2 inches (27.6 × 21.6 cm)
Matted: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the book "Twenty Drawings," 1919
Credit LineGift of Mary Haskell Minis.
Object number1950.8.19
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