Woman's Head

c. 1910

Constantin Brâncuși

Artist, Romanian, 1876 - 1957

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    conté crayon with blind stylus on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 41.7 x 27.5 cm (16 7/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1971.66.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

World House Galleries; Mr. [d. 1970] and Mrs. Lester Francis Avnet, Great Neck, Long Island, NY; purchased 19 October 1971 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1969

  • Constantin Brancusi 1876-1957, A Retrospective Exhibition, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969, no.

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 61.

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 117.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 16.

Bibliography

1958

  • Geidion-Welcker, Carola. Constantin Brancusi, 1876-1957. Neuchâtel, 1958: 184-185, 238, pl. 106.

1996

  • Bozan, Maria, et al. Romanul Brancusi. Sibiu, 1996: 113, 226, repro.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 16.

Inscriptions

lower right in charcoal: Brancusi

Wikidata ID

Q64540352

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