Mad Mother

Joe Baker American, Lenape/Delaware

1985

Not on view

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Title: Mad Mother
Artist: Joe Baker (Lenape/Delaware, 1946)
Date: 1985
Medium: Conté crayon and acrylic with silver foil on paper
Dimensions: 22 9/16 × 30 1/16 in. (57.3 × 76.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Nan and Stephen Swid, 1985
Object Number: 1985.235
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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