Head of a Woman | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1995.172
People: Gaston Lachaise, American (Paris, France 1882 - 1935 New York, NY)
Title: Head of a Woman
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/301941

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on dark cream wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 25.6 x 20 cm (10 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: l.r., graphite: G. Lachaise

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Gaston Lachaise, to; Isabel Dutaud (Mrs. Gaston) Lachaise. [E. Weyhe Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1960, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1995.

NOTE: Provenance information from inscription on back of frame.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell
Accession Year: 1995
Object Number: 1995.172
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 131

Exhibition History

Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003

Verification Level

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1995.172: Head of a Woman