Kenneth Hayes Miller

(Mother with Child on Shoulder in Rectangular Border)

c. 1919–1928

Two figures in a loose sketch, one facing forward while the other turns away and embraces.
Two figures in a loose sketch, one facing forward while the other turns away and embraces.

Kenneth Hayes Miller, (Mother with Child on Shoulder in Rectangular Border), c. 1919–1928. Pen and brown ink on paper, sheet: 6 × 8 in. (15.2 × 20.3 cm) Image (Irregular): 4 × 3 in. (10.2 × 7.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist 49.4.49

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Date
c. 1919–1928

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and brown ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 6 × 8 in. (15.2 × 20.3 cm) Image (Irregular): 4 × 3 in. (10.2 × 7.6 cm)

Accession number
49.4.49

Credit line
Gift of the artist

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/25314

Part of a series:
95 Sketches and Drawings
93 works

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