Harvard Art Museums > 1927.138: Head of a Girl; verso: Still Life Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Head of a Girl; verso: Still Life (Robert Hatton Monks) , 1927.138,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/231583. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1927.138 People Robert Hatton Monks, American (Boston, MA 1856 - 1923 Wellesley, MA) Title Head of a Girl; verso: Still Life Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1898 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/231583 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 30.5 x 27.7 cm (12 x 10 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: Around edge of recto: 1st style. Every time I put the brush on the canvas it was with one pure color mixed with white to get the light + shade. This was painted about the same time as my picture in the Champs de Mars (1898) and in the same manner. Different subjects are handled in slightly different ways even when painted in the same style. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Gift of the artist to his wife, Mrs. Robert Hatton Monks, 1923; her gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1927. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Robert H. Monks Accession Year 1927 Object Number 1927.138 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 232-33, cat. 180, ill. p. 233 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
