Heavy Lies the Head that Wears a Brain

Prints and Drawings

c. 1922–23

George Wesley Bellows
American, 1882-1925

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: George Wesley Bellows
Title: Heavy Lies the Head that Wears a Brain
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1922–1923
Medium: Black crayon, with touches of charcoal, and traces of scraping, on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 60.6 × 54.7 cm (23 7/8 × 21 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of George F. Porter
Reference Number: 1927.817

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