DrawingsAmerican20th century

Head of a Woman

20th century

Artists

Gaston LachaiseArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on dark cream wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 25.6 x 20 cm (10 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Gaston Lachaise, to; Isabel Dutaud (Mrs. Gaston) Lachaise. [E. Weyhe Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1960, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1995. NOTE: Provenance information from inscription on back of frame.

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