DrawingsAmerican19th century

Antique Female Head

1889

Artists

Oscar FehrerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk on gray wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

59.2 x 47.7 cm (23 5/16 x 18 3/4 in.) Image is in an oval shape.: 50.6 x 38.4 cm (19 15/16 x 15 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Oscar Fehrer, Painted, 1889, to his daughters at his death?, 1958. Catherine and Elizabeth Fehrer, From their father, the artist, at his death?, 1958, Gift to Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

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