1956.51: Head of a Woman
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1956.51
- People
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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
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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
- Permissions
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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
Verification Level
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