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Woman's Head

A work made of graphite, with touches of stumping and scraping on tan wove paper, with pen and black ink ruled lines.

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  • A work made of graphite, with touches of stumping and scraping on tan wove paper, with pen and black ink ruled lines.

Date:

1909

Artist:

Umberto Boccioni
Italian, 1882-1916

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Umberto Boccioni

Title

Woman's Head

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1909

Medium

Graphite, with touches of stumping and scraping on tan wove paper, with pen and black ink ruled lines

Inscriptions

Signed recto, lower right, in graphite: "Boccioni 909"

Dimensions

38.2 × 39.1 cm (15 1/16 × 15 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Margaret Day Blake Collection

Reference Number

1967.244R

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