Woman's Head

André Derain

Associated Names
André Derain

Artist, French, 1880 - 1954

The image is a charcoal drawing of a person from the shoulders up, facing slightly to the right with their head turned slightly downward. The person has rounded facial features with a prominent nose, darkly shaded eyebrows, and slightly pursed lips. Their hair is dark, voluminous, and styled in a short, wavy manner. There is a suggestion of clothing at the shoulders. The background is a plain, neutral tone. The artist's signature, "de Vlaminck," is visible in the lower right corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    charcoal on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 41.3 × 31.4 cm (16 1/4 × 12 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.157.12


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 25, 1970; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • Baltimore's Print and Drawing Society. Baltimore Museum of Art, 1988.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: A. Derain

Wikidata ID

Q64535731

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