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Mother and Son

Object Details

Provenance
The Contemporaries, New York, to 27 April 1959
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 27 April 1959-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Artist
Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos, Mexican, b. Mexico City, 1918–2009
Date
1959
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
41 3/8 × 31 3/8 in. (105 × 79.8 cm)
Type
Painting

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