Head of a Woman

Maurice de Vlaminck

Associated Names
Maurice de Vlaminck

Artist, French, 1876 - 1958

The image shows a stylized portrait of a person. The face is centrally positioned with bold lines and shades of brown, black, and white emphasizing features like large eyes, a nose, and lips. The person has shoulder-length hair. Abstract clothing details are visible around the shoulders. The face is bordered with decorative elements, and the background features abstract patterns.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 33.4 x 25.9 cm (13 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 56 x 45.5 cm (22 1/16 x 17 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.157.40

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Walterskirchen 1974, no. 23, State b/c

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sotheby's, New York?, November, 1981); (via Jem Hom, Washington, D.C.); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1974

  • Walterskirchen, Katalin von. Maurice de Vlaminck, Verzeichnis des graphischen Werkes. Bern: Benteli Verlag, 1974.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: No. 29; lower right in graphite: Vlaminck

Wikidata ID

Q76348402

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