Heavy Lies the Head that Wears a Brain

About this artwork

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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