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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.
Mother and Child
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.

Mother and Child

Artist Winold Reiss (American (born Germany), 1886 - 1953)
CultureAmerican
Date1925
MediumPastel and conte crayon on paper
DimensionsOverall, Image: 30 × 25 3/4 in. (76.2 × 65.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 38 × 29 1/4 in. (96.5 × 74.3 cm)
SignedVerso, bottom left, "Winold Reiss"
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2019.42
Not on view
DescriptionA black woman, wearing a grey dress, holds a little girl, who is wearing a white dress. Both look directly at the viewer.
ProvenanceJanet Marqusee Fine Arts Ltd in New York City; Norfolk Southern Corporation (1990); Purchased by CMA (2019)
New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2006.
Lucas Cranach the Younger
after 1537
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Leon Kroll
1920-21
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Ira Matteson
1946
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Chauncey Bradley Ives
modeled ca. 1862-68, carved 1871
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Charles Ritchie
1993
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
ca. 1905
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James McNeill Whistler
ca. 1890
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Illman & Sons
1860
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Susan Watkins
ca. 1897
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F. Sturdevant
1850