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DrawingsAmerican20th century

Head of a Woman

1945 - 1946

Artists

Arthur PolonskyArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown oil paint and graphite on pale buff paper, mounted on brown cardboard

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

mount: 54.6 x 40.6 cm (21 1/2 x 16 in.) actual: 43.3 x 31 cm (17 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.)

Provenance

[Boris Mirski Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts], sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091), by 1946, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

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