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Three figures, a man, a woman, and a girl, sit around a table with mugs on it. The girl appears to have a mirror help up to her face in one hand, and seems to be applying something to her face with the other hand.
A Family
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

A Family

Artist Isaac Soyer (American, born Russia, 1902 - 1981)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project (1935 - 1943)
Date1935-1943
MediumLithograph
Dimensionssheet: 14 3/8 x 19 3/8 in. (36.5 x 49.2 cm)
image: 13 7/8 x 18 3/4 in. (35.2 x 47.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Corbin S. Carnell, in memory of E. Muriel Adams.
Object number1992.11.135
Collections
Visual DescriptionThree figures, a man, a woman, and a girl, sit around a table with mugs on it. The girl appears to have a mirror help up to her face in one hand, and seems to be applying something to her face with the other hand.
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