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Mother and Child
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Drawing of an apron clad woman bending down with a child to the left.
Department of Drawings
Estate of Ricardo Opisso Sala sold; to Fernando Zóbel de Ayala Madrid gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1978.
NOTE: Provenance information from curatorial file.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Fernando Zóbel de Ayala
Title: Mother and Child
Description:
Drawing of an apron clad woman bending down with a child to the left.
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