Black Mother and Child
Date1970
Object PlaceUnited States, North America
MediumPrinted and colored paper collage on board
Dimensions18 × 24 inches (45.72 × 60.96 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Dr. Lula Belle Robinson African Art Fund
Object number71.3
DescriptionCollage of printed and colored paper. At upper right, large, black and white head lowered and turned three quarter left to head of child whose left cheek brushes her right cheek. Composition based on and consists of enlarged cut-out photostat of Virgin of Vladimir (12th century Russian icon). Background left, blue paper; child's forearm and hands, tan (printed?) paper; black and red paper also used.On View
Not on view
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c. 1870