Profile Head of a Woman

1960

Jean Cocteau

Associated Names
Jean Cocteau

Artist, French, 1889 - 1963

This is an abstract line drawing of a person's side profile, showing their face and part of the neck. The figure faces the left of the image. The drawing features a prominent nose, lips, and an eye depicted with bold black brushstrokes. The hair is represented as a thick, dark line extending down. The artwork is done in black ink on a light beige background, creating a contrast between the figure and the background. There are no clothes or other items in the image. The background is plain aside from the artistic brush strokes and a handwritten inscription at the bottom that says "Jean Cocteau d’ 1960." In the top right corner, there is the text: "«SANTO-SOSPIR» St JEAN CAP-FERRAT 251-28".
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black wash and dry brush on yellowish wove paper (Santo-Sospir letterhead)

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.8 x 21 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    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

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