DrawingsAmerican20th century

Head of a Man (Study for "Tree of Life"?)

1948

Artists

Pavel TchelitchewArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Gray wash on off-white wove paper, mounted on off-white wove paper and cardboard

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

35.9 x 25.5 cm (14 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.) cardboard mount: 41.3 x 34.6 cm (16 1/4 x 13 5/8 in.) paper mount: 42 x 33.9 cm (16 9/16 x 13 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Austin Avery Mitchell, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1969.

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