Head of a Cow [recto]

1884-1888

Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    The Armand Hammer Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 16.9 x 11.3 cm (6 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.217.39.a

Associated Artworks

Two Cow's Heads [verso]

Paul Gauguin

1884

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henri Mahaut, Cherbourg, purchased before World War I; Private Collection, USA; Armand Hammer Collection, Los Angeles, 1967; gift to NGA 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • The Art of Paul Gauguin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1988, p. 63.

Bibliography

1964

  • Bodelson, Merete, Gauguin's Ceramics, A Study in the Development of his Art, London, 1964, pp. 38, 42, fig. 25 (verso only).

Wikidata ID

Q64618973

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