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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1975.94
People
Attributed to Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins, American (Philadelphia, PA 1844 - 1916 Philadelphia, PA)
Title
Head of a Man
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Study of a Man
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309065

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk and graphite on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
14.7 x 15.1 cm (5 13/16 x 5 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jasper Deeter, Rose Valley PA, Gift to Thomas Suma, 1930. Deeter supposedly got the works from Eakins.
Thomas Suma, Rose Valley PA, Gift of Jasper Deeter, 1930, Sold to Gertrude Stein Gallery, 1945. Suma received the works from Deeter in lieu of salary. His last name might have been "Summa."
Gertrude Stein Gallery, New York NY, Purchased from Thomas Suma, 1945, Sold to Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
1975
Object Number
1975.94
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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