The image features a large doll-like human head with detailed facial features and brown curly hair, positioned centrally. The head has a pinkish skin tone with two contrasting eye colors - one blue and the other closed. Additionally, a wooden prosthetic leg and arm are depicted, along with a smaller side profile of the head. The color palette includes soft pinks, browns, and flesh tones against a plain cream backdrop.
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Doll (Composition)

Archie Thompson (American, 1886-1975)

c. 1941

Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper
Classification
Index of American Design
Dimensions
overall: 46.2 x 36.5 cm (18 3/16 x 14 3/8 in.) ; Original IAD Object: 7" high
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Index of American Design
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

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