Ten Heads

c. 1905

George Luks

Associated Names
George Luks

Artist, American, 1866 - 1933

The image features nine facial sketches with different expressions and hairstyles. The sketches show head and shoulder representations with no bodies depicted. The faces have various orientations, including front-facing, profile, and angled views. The hairstyles range from straight to curly, with different lengths, and one sketch shows a man with a beard and mustache. Minimal clothing details are visible, with simple lines suggesting collars or necklines, and one figure is wearing a cap. No jewelry is depicted, and the sketches appear on a plain brown paper background. The artist's signature "George Luks" is at the bottom left of the image. The sketches are in black lines, likely drawn with a pencil or similar medium.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 26.5 x 20.3 cm (10 7/16 x 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.20.82


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 94.

Inscriptions

lower left: George Luks (underlined)

Wikidata ID

Q64571519

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