Mother and Child

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Gertrude Käsebier

Title

Mother and Child

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1899

Medium

Gum bichromate print

Inscriptions

Signed recto, lower right, in black pencil: "GERTRUDE KÄSEBIER"; inscribed recto, on hinged matte, lower left, in graphite: "6"; inscribed verso, across lower half, in graphite: "[illegible] Kasalun [?/could be Käsebier but not clear] / 273 [?] / Butta B [?] / 86 [illegible] J ¾ 5764-45 C / st 5 3/16 x 8⅛"; verso, on hinged matte, upper left, in graphite: "Mother and Child"; verso, on hinged matte, lower left, in graphite: "2 [encircled]"

Dimensions

Image/paper: 20.7 × 13.7 cm (8 3/16 × 5 7/16 in.); Hinged matte board: 36.1 × 29 cm (14 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mina Turner

Reference Number

1973.11

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