Harvard Art Museums > 1965.120: Profile Portrait of a Girl Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Profile Portrait of a Girl (William Michael Harnett) , 1965.120,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/308801. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1965.120 People William Michael Harnett, American (Clonakilty, Ireland 1848 - 1892 New York, NY) Title Profile Portrait of a Girl Other Titles Former Title: Female Head Former Title: Head of a German Girl Former Title: Head of a Woman Former Title: Portrait of a Young Girl Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1881 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/308801 Physical Descriptions Medium Charcoal with touches of white chalk on buff wove paper, mounted to cardboard Dimensions 51.5 x 42.8 cm (20 1/4 x 16 7/8 in.) mount: 51.6 x 43.2 cm (20 5/16 x 17 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: charcoal, l.r.: WMH (monogram) / München / 1881 exhibition label: removed from old mount? now in curatorial file, paper, black ink, blue ink, graphite, printed, typewritten, handwritten: One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition, 1955. [graphite:] 12/13/54; 10.1947; Box no. 42-1; [blue ball-point ink:] 112; [typed in black ink:] William Harnett / Head of a German Girl exhibition label: removed from old mount? now in curatorial file, paper, black ink, printed and typewritten: [typed in black ink:] American Portrait Drawings, May-July 1980. Head of a Woman. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Harnett studio sale, Thomas Birch's Sons, Philadelphia, February 23, 24, 1893, no. 25(?). D. David; sold to Downtown Gallery, New York, 1947; sold to Paul J. Sachs, 1947 ($500); bequest to 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 1965.120 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History The One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition, exh. cat., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia, PA, 1955), no. 65, repr. Alfred V. Frankenstein, After the Hunt: William Harnett and Other American Still Life Painters 1870 - 1900, University of California Press (Berkeley, CA, 1969), pp. 63, 169, pl. 51 Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 90, ill. Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., American Master Drawings and Watercolors: A History of Works on Paper from Colonial Times to the Present, Harper & Row (New York, NY, 1976), p. 207, fig. 168 Marvin Sadik and Harold Pfister, American Portrait Drawings, exh. cat., National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C, 1980), p. 88, ill. Daniel M. Mendelowitz and Duane A. Wakeham, Mendelowitz's Guide to Drawing, Holt, Rinehart & Winston (New York, NY, 1982), p. 240 Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 293, p. 250, repr. Malcolm Goldstein, "Edith Gregor Halpert: Art Dealer", Drawing, New York Drawing Society (July 1991 - August 1991), vol. XIII, pp. 32-35, repr. p. 34 Daniel M. Mendelowitz, David L. Faber, and Duane A. Wakeham, A Guide to Drawing, Thomson Wadsworth (Belmont, CA, 2007), fig. 15-1, p. 291 Exhibition History Unidentified Exhibition, Downtown Gallery, 1948, The Downtown Gallery, New York, 01/01/1948 - 12/31/1948 The One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 01/15/1955 - 03/13/1955 American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972 American Portrait Drawings, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, 05/01/1980 - 07/31/1980 Re-View: S426A (Large Niche) 19th Century French Portrait Drawings, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/07/2009 - 08/30/2009 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/11/2017 - 11/01/2017 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu