Print of woman’s head looking downward
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A young woman sits in profile looking right and down. Her head is drawn in relatively fine detail, but her body below the neck is not. It is represented only by a few lines showing the curve of her back and a few lines outlining her legs and the hem of her dress. The woman has long wavy hair that falls against her back. Some shading near her chest suggests that her hands may be clasping an object there, but it is hard to determine due to the lack of detail. Vertical lines shade the area behind the woman’s head.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.287
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Jo's Bent Head
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Bent Head of a Woman
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1861
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/12453

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Drypoint printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 22.7 x 15.1 cm (8 15/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
sheet: 23.1 x 15.6 cm (9 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, red stamp: RR within an oval borderline [collector's mark of Robert Rice, not in Lugt]
  • inscription: verso, graphite : EMM [initials of Emma Regina Martin, not in Lugt]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: OT1114[?] / 2005.289 / [illeg.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Robert Rice, (not in Lugt).
Emma Regina Martin, (not in Lugt).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Glasgow iii/iii
Standard Reference Number
Kennedy 78, Glasgow 88

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.287
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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