Head of a Young Woman (Virginia Woolf?)

1895/1905

Augustus John

Associated Names
Augustus John

Artist, Welsh, 1878 - 1961

The image shows a sketch of a person's head and neck in profile view. The facial features are defined, with an emphasis on the nose and lips. The eyes are open. The person's hair is long and styled in a bun at the back. The sketch is in a monochrome sepia tone on a light-colored paper background. The person is not wearing any visible jewelry or holding objects.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.9 x 30.4 cm (14 1/8 x 11 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.144

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(The Rowley Gallery, Ltd., London). Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 142-143, no. 61 (entry by Stacey Sell).

Wikidata ID

Q64536992

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