DrawingsAmerican20th century

Head of a Woman

c. 1907-1908

Artists

Charles DemuthArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, gray wash and red watercolor wash on thin cream wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

14.6 x 10.2 cm (5 3/4 x 4 in.)

Provenance

Charles Demuth, bequest; to his mother, Augusta Demuth, 1935, bequest; to Robert Locher, 1943, bequest; to Richard Weyand, 1956. Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091), 1956, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1956.

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