Study for "Head of a Man"

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Object Details

Artist
Henri Laurens, French, b. Paris, 1885–1954
Date
1919
Medium
Opaque paint and pencil on paper
Dimensions
9 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. (23.2 x 14.9 cm) [irreg.]
Collection Object Type
Painting
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number
66.2903

Mme. Rosenberg (daughter of Leonce Rosenberg), to the end of 1950s
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, the end of 1950s-1960
Galerie Claude Bernard, 1960-15 November 1961
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 15 November 1961-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
[KUNSTHAUS ZURICH. "Henri Laurens," 3 July-13 August 1961, cat. no. 148].
FORUM GALLERY, New York. "Sculptors' Drawings from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 1-20 October 1962, no. 20.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, DC. "Castle Show II," 1 October 1986-1 January 1987.

Signature
Signed LR In Pencil: H.L. 19
Inscriptions
No Inscriptions

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Alternate Title
Tete D'Homme
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