DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Head of a Child

19th-20th century

Artists

Mary CassattArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Pastel on off-white illustration board

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

28.9 × 23.6 cm (11 3/8 × 9 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Count Ivan G. Podgoursky, sold; to Mrs. J. Lee Johnson III, Fort Worth, Texas, 1955, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1972

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