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Mother and Child

1950

Charles Alston

Artist, American, 1907 - 1977

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Artwork overview

Medium

collage with pastel, ink, charcoal, and masking tape, on thin paper mounted on a heavier sheet
Credit Line

Gift in honor of Ruth Fine from her friends at the National Gallery of Art and Billy E. Hodges
Dimensions

image: 210.19 x 26.35 cm (82 3/4 x 10 3/8 in.) irregular
Accession

2012.17.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

artist's estate; (Billl Hodges Gallery, New York); purchased by NGA, 2012

Associated Names

Bill Hodges Gallery

Exhibition History

2019

The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Markings

artist's estate ink stamp, lower margin

Wikidata ID

Q64538171

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