Woman's Head

Artist Oskar Kokoschka Austrian, 1886–1980

Datecirca 1920

MediumCrayon on paper

Dimensions27 1/8 x 19 5/8 in. (68.9 x 49.8 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LineBequest of W. R. Valentiner

Object numberG.65.10.37

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceW. R. Valentiner, Detroit, by 1933 [1][2][3]; Valentiner Estate, Raleigh, NC, 1958 [4]; to NCMA, by bequest, 1965.

[1] See Detroit collection inventory, ca. 1933, #52, "Portrait (drawing)."
[2] LACMA inventory, ca. 8/1/52, #60 (see label).
[3] LACMA inventory, 8/27/54, #11 (see label).
[4] L.56.12.20-VE
Published ReferencesThe Art Quarterly 26, no. 2 (Summer 1963), 275.

"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 6, no. 4 and 7, no. 1 (1966/67?), noted 10, listed 80.

A Catalogue of Drawings and Watercolors (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), cat. no. 59, illus. (b-w).

North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 17 (1997), listed and illus. (b-w) 93.

Exhibition HistoryPhoenix, AZ, Phoenix Fine Arts Association, "German Expressionist Prints and Paintings," February 9-March 7, 1953 (see label).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Drawings and Watercolors," Summer 1969, cat. no. 59, illus. (b-w).

Winston-Salem, NC, Wake Forest University, Library Rare Book Room, "Special Exhibition," January 10-31, 1973.
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