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A drawing of a seated nude figure holding a smaller nude figure propped up on the figure's lap …
The Three are One
A drawing of a seated nude figure holding a smaller nude figure propped up on the figure's lap …
A drawing of a seated nude figure holding a smaller nude figure propped up on the figure's lap by a bent knee, also holding a standing nude figure with arms around the neck of the figure in whose arms the figure rests. His body is supported by his feet perched on the thigh of the largest figure.
The Three are One, Kahlil Gibran, 1918, pencil on woven paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, Courtesy of Fundación Carso, A.C.

The Three are One

Artist (American, 1883 - 1931)
Date1918
MediumPencil on woven paper
DimensionsSheet: 22 1/4 × 15 inches (56.5 × 38.1 cm)
Matted: 30 × 24 inches (76.2 × 61 cm)
Portfolio/Seriesfrontispiece for the book "The Madman: His Parables and Poems," 1918
Credit LineGift of Mary Haskell Minis.
Object number1950.8.39
On View
Not on view
CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextSeeking to grasp the essence of life, Kahlil Gibran saw his art work as creative extensions of his written work and used his art to illustrate his publications. The works in this gallery were all used to illustrate works written by Kahlil Gibran in English, including The Madman, 1918, The Forerunner, 1920, Sand and Foam, 1926, Jesus, the Son of Man, 1928, The Earth Gods, 1931, and The Garden of the Prophet, published posthumously in 1933. The Greater Self, 1916, and The Great Longing, 1916, were included in the only book written about Gibran’s art, Twenty Drawings, in 1919. With the exception of The Greater Self, all of these works were part of the collection of Mary Haskell Minis.
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