About the Artwork
The Greatest Mother in the World
1918
Alonzo Earl Foringer
1878 - 1948
American
Unknown
Commercial lithograph printed in color
sheet: 27 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. 69.8 x 52.1 cm
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Wiener
F82.252
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Markings
In plate, lower right of image: A.E. FORINGER
In plate, lower center: The / GREATEST MOTHER / in the WORLD; lower right corner: FORM N.Y. 31 SECOND WAR FUND
Red Cross logo in the upper left as part of this image does not recur in every version of this poster
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Alonzo Earl Foringer, The Greatest Mother in the World, 1918, Commercial lithograph printed in color. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Wiener, F82.252.
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