DrawingsAmerican20th century

Female Head Studies (recto and verso)

c. 1906

Artists

James CrichtonArtist

Description

Two profile portraits on the verso have been rubbed out. Recto bears a slight offset from previous page.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Charcoal on off-white wove paper (recto and verso)

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

24.7 x 35 cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Elizabeth Crichton Batty, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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