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Head of a Woman

André Derain

Head of a Woman

1928

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Head of a Woman

André Derain

Head of a Woman

André Derain

Head of a Woman

1928

Physical Qualities Oil on canvas, 15 3/8 x 12 1/4 in. (39.1 x 31.1 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Margaret D. Brewster, Baltimore
Object Number 1994.1
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1994; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brewster, by descent; from Paul Guillaume, by purchase, 1930; from Reinhardt Galleries, New York; from the artist

Inscribed: FACE: signed at LR corner, (black paint), 'Derain. VERSO: UL of canvas, Carnegie Institute label, partly obscured; UL of frame, label, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, '[REG. NO.] (pencil)277 [CASE NO.] (pencil)70/(typed)'Head of a Woman'/Andre Derain/Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Brewster'; label at top, L of C, (handwritten in ink, mostly illegible) '...NBGG...'; label at top, UC, (typed), 'ANDRE DERAIN/French 1880-/HEAD OF A WOMAN/Oil 15 x 12 in./Painted 1929 (?)/Collection Paul Guillaume/From Reinhardt Galleries, New York, 1930.'; RC of frame, (handwritten in black), sideways, '...649-66...'; at LC (in red), '66'; at LC (in black), illegible; UC, small sticky label, (blue ink) 'BMA/8224.9'; tied to hanging wire, white circular papre tag with metal rim, (blue ink), 'BREWSTER LOAN'

Artist

André Derain

1879–1953

French, 1880-1954
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