Profile Head of a Woman
1960
Artist, French, 1889 - 1963

Artwork overview
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Medium
black wash and dry brush on yellowish wove paper (Santo-Sospir letterhead)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 29.8 x 21 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
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Accession
2009.70.96
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.
Associated Names
Bibliography
2012
Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 174 (color).
Inscriptions
by artist, lower right in pen and black ink: Jean Cocteau / [?] 1960; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: MC0963
Markings
Saint-Sospir letterhead (St Jean Cap-Ferrat)
Watermarks
by unknown maker, upper left and center right in circle: DOM [EICO?]
Wikidata ID
Q64580998