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Image Not Available for CHRISTMAS EVE IN BETHLEHEM
CHRISTMAS EVE IN BETHLEHEM
Image Not Available for CHRISTMAS EVE IN BETHLEHEM

CHRISTMAS EVE IN BETHLEHEM

Date1969
CountryUSA
MediumGraphite and charcoal on paper
Dimensions67.3 x 104.1 cm (26 1/2 x 41") (Image)
Frame: 96.5 x 130.8 cm (38 x 51 1/2")
Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of anonymous donor.
Object number910013700
DescriptionThe foreground of the image consists of a tiled surface on which figures are placed, from left to right, a standing figure in Arab robes with his back to the viewer, two armed soldiers in full gear also with their backs to the viewer, a family with two adult figures and two juvenile figures shown in slight profile, and a male clerical figure in full profile. There is a large crowd of people in the square below with an old city wall as the backdrop.
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