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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.115
People
Eric Gill, British (Brighton, England 1882 - 1940 Harefield, England)
Title
Head of a Child
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1926
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298185

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite
Dimensions
30.3 x 22.7 cm (11 15/16 x 8 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Goupil Gallery, Ltd., London], sold; to [Scott & Fowles, New York, New York] 1927, sold, to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, 1939, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1942.

NOTE: The available documentation implies a transaction between Goupil and Scott & Fowles, also the Goupil stockbooks at the Getty Institute show numerous transactions between the two dealers.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886
Copyright
© Estate of Eric Gill / Bridgeman Images
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.115
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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