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DrawingsAmerican20th century

Head

1953

Artists

Earl KerkamArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and yellow-orange crayon on dark cream wove paper, darkened

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

37.1 x 54 cm (14 5/8 x 21 1/4 in.)

Provenance

[World House Galleries, New York, New York], sold, to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1958, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1996.

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