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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1956.27
People
Max Beckmann, German (Leipzig, Germany 1884 - 1950 New York, N.Y., USA)
Title
Head of a Woman
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1915
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297165

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 23.2 x 14 cm (9 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l., graphite: B
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: Z.599
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: 19 40 f[?]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 19 / Z.R. [or Z.K.] / bleistiftzeichnung porträt

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Buchholz Gallery, Curt Valentin, New York, New York], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091), 1942, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1956.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
1956.27
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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