Howard G. Castleberry
Mother Cradles Dying Baby

Mother Cradles Dying Baby
Mother Cradles Dying Baby
Mother Cradles Dying Baby
ArtistAmerican, born 1961
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Mother Cradles Dying Baby
  • from the series Somalia: A Nation at the Abyss
DateSeptember 1992
PlaceBaidoa, Somalia, Africa
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 12 3/4 × 19 1/2 in. (32.4 × 49.5 cm)
 Sheet: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist, courtesy of the Houston Chronicle
Object number2005.454
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Houston; given to MFAH, 2005.
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