The Mother

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black and white offset lithograph titled “The Mother” by Charles White. The lithograph depicts a woman’s face and her hands from her wrists up, set against a solid white background. With both hands, she holds a cloth to her proper left cheek. She is turned slightly to her proper right, looking into the distance. The artist’s signature is near the bottom right of the cloth, handwritten in black ink: [CHARLES WHITE ‘52]. At the front, right bottom corner in black text is [I], marking it as the first of six lithographs from the portfolio “Charles White: Six Drawings” printed by Masses & Mainstream, Inc.

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