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Portrait of Kahlil Gibran

American Art Museum

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    Object Details

    Artist

    Rose Cecil O'Neill, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1874-died Springfield, MO 1944

    Sitter

    Kahlil Gibran

    Credit Line

    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Smithsonian Women's Committee in memory of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin

    Date

    1914

    Object number

    1987.11

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    Drawing

    Medium

    pencil and watercolor wash on paper mounted on paperboard

    Dimensions

    mount: 23 7/8 x 18 1/4 in. (60.8 x 46.5 cm)

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    Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

    Department

    Graphic Arts

    Data Source

    Smithsonian American Art Museum

    Topic

    Figure male\waist length
    Occupation\writer\poet
    Portrait male
    Syrian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk72fc79ce4-beba-4b55-a09b-ee8e5e06177d

    Record ID

    saam_1987.11

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