Head of a Woman
1926
Artist, French, 1880 - 1954
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 36.2 x 33 cm (14 1/4 x 13 in.)
framed: 55.3 x 52.4 x 5.1 cm (21 3/4 x 20 5/8 x 2 in.) -
Accession
1963.10.20
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
From the artist to (Galerie Étienne Bignou, Paris); sold 1927 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.[1]
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1928
100 Years of French Portraits from the Chester Dale Collection, Museum of French Art, New York, 1928, no. 18
Loan Exhibition of Modern French Art from the Chester Dale Collection for the Benefit of the French Hospital of New York, Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 1928, no. 5
1938
Contemporary Movements in European Painting, Toledo Museum of Art, 1938, no. 26, repro.
1943
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 1943-1952 (extended loan), unnumbered catalogue, repro. p. 23
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1960, no. 23, repro.
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
Bibliography
1929
Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 82, repro.
1932
Cortissoz, Royal. "Derain's Role in a Hectic Group." The New York Herald Tribune (28 February 1932): section VII, 9, repro.
1943
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1943:, 23, repro.
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1952 (2nd ed., 1960; rev. ed., 1965): 23, repro.
1960
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960 (2nd ed.): 25, repro.
1965
Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 24, repro.
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 40.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 134, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 102, repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 125, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: a derain
Wikidata ID
Q20192646