Head of a Woman | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1965.145
People: Margarett Sargent, American (Wellesley MA 1892 - 1978 Magnolia MA)
Title: Head of a Woman
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1929
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/308782

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 50 x 36.5 cm (19 11/16 x 14 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, l.r.: Margarett Sargent / Harlem--1929
inscription: verso, l.l., graphite: 974
exhibition label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and handwritten: [printed:] Price: [handwritten in black ink:] $75

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091), by 1929, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year: 1965
Object Number: 1965.145
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: The right edge is perforated where torn from a sketchbook.

Exhibition History

Exhibition of Paintings, The Jordan Marsh Company, Boston, 03/11/1929 - 03/16/1929

Verification Level

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1965.145: Head of a Woman