Head of a Woman | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1956.51
People: Charles Demuth, American (Lancaster PA 1883 - 1935 Lancaster PA)
Title: Head of a Woman
Other Titles: Former Title: Mlle. Olga
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1907-1908
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/308407

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Black ink, gray wash and red watercolor wash on thin cream wove paper
Dimensions: 14.6 x 10.2 cm (5 3/4 x 4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Charles Demuth, bequest; to his mother, Augusta Demuth, 1935, bequest; to Robert Locher, 1943, bequest; to Richard Weyand, 1956. Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091), 1956, gift; to the 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: 1956.51
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Emily Farnham, "Charles Demuth: His Life, Psychology and Works" (Thesis, Ohio State University, 1959), Ohio State University, no. FD166

Exhibition History

American Drawings Lent by the Fogg Museum, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, 06/30/1964 - 09/30/1964
Works of Charles Demuth, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, 09/24/1966 - 11/06/1966

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1956.51: Head of a Woman