Head of a Woman

Artist Henri Matisse French, 1869–1954

DateMay 1947

MediumPen and ink on paper

Dimensions19 9/16 x 12 15/16 in. (49.7 x 32.9 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LineBequest of Veronese Beatty Atkins

Object number2019.16.1

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ProvenanceProbably created Vence, France, 1947; collection of the artist; sold (via artist’s daughter, Marguerite Duthuit) to [Galerie Siegfried Rosengart, Lucerne, Switzerland, April 25, 1953]; Veronese Beatty (Mrs. Warner Lewis) Atkins (1909–2013), Cincinnati, OH and Southern Pines, NC, February 2, 1955; bequeathed to NCMA, 2013.

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