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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.145
People
Margarett Sargent, American (Wellesley MA 1892 - 1978 Magnolia MA)
Title
Head of a Woman
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1929
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308782

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 50 x 36.5 cm (19 11/16 x 14 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: Margarett Sargent / Harlem--1929
  • inscription: verso, l.l., graphite: 974
  • exhibition label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and handwritten: [printed:] Price: [handwritten in black ink:] $75

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091), by 1929, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.145
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The right edge is perforated where torn from a sketchbook.

Exhibition History

  • Exhibition of Paintings, The Jordan Marsh Company, Boston, 03/11/1929 - 03/16/1929

Verification Level

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