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Tired Mother

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    Object Details

    Artist

    Charles W. Howe, born West Union, IA 1892-died Tuscon, AZ 1982

    Credit Line

    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

    Date

    1959-1960

    Object number

    1986.65.121

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    Painting
    Folk Art

    Medium

    oil on fiberboard

    Dimensions

    24 x 20 in. (61.0 x 50.8 cm)

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    Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

    Department

    Painting and Sculpture

    Data Source

    Smithsonian American Art Museum

    Topic

    Figure group\family\mother and child
    State of being\mood\weariness
    Architecture\domestic\nursery
    Object\furniture\cradle

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk773334566-ad63-4c4e-a782-f4e5f110b909

    Record ID

    saam_1986.65.121

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