DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Abstract Head

19th-20th century

Artists

Alfred Henry MaurerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Oil on cream laid paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 52.1 x 39.8 cm (20 1/2 x 15 11/16 in.)

Provenance

[Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, New York, sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1946, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1967.

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