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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.129
People
Simeon Solomon, British (London 1840 - 1905 London)
Title
Head of a Woman; verso: sketch of female head
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1880
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298123

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black, blue, and red crayon, graphite, and white opaque watercolor on cream wove paper; verso: graphite
Dimensions
35.2 × 25.1 cm (13 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • signature: lower right, graphite: SS / 1880
  • inscription: verso, bottom edge, graphite: 2 [?] /2 sheet 23 x 18 Mars blue[?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Martin Birnbaum, New York] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, August 1, 1928, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1942

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.129
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Paintings and Drawings of the Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1946), no. 90 (with accession number 1942.130)

Exhibition History

  • Paintings and Drawings of the Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/08/1946 - 06/01/1946

Verification Level

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