Wax Headed Doll

c. 1937

Dorothy Brennan

Associated Names
Dorothy Brennan

Artist, American, 1890 - 1977

The image shows a child standing upright. The child has a round face with rosy cheeks and light brown, curly hair styled away from the face. They wear a long, white dress with vertical blue stripes, puffed sleeves, and a blue ribbon around the waist. The child also wears white stockings and two-tone shoes. The background is a plain light color. The artwork is signed by Dorothy Brennan.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 50.7 x 38.2 cm (19 15/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 24" high

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.15477

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 643, no. 2339.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Dorothy Brennan

Wikidata ID

Q64541302

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