Head of a Man, with Various Studies

c. 1850

Sanford Robinson Gifford

Artist, American, 1823 - 1880

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of The Old Print Shop)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 19.37 × 16.83 cm (7 5/8 × 6 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 × 20 cm (10 × 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.617

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(The Old Print Shop, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 39, no. 272.

Inscriptions

lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Th 6880-12; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 14 x 18

Wikidata ID

Q64630511

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