Head of a Woman

Date1957

Artist Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963)

CultureFrench

MediumLithograph

DimensionsSheet: 22 3/8 x 15 in. (56.8 x 38.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of John O'Hara

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

SignedOn recto, signed, right center in pencil: Jean Cocteau / *; printed within image, in the artist's hand, lower center: Jean Cocteau / *

InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower center in pencil: Epreuve d'artiste XXVI/XXX; printed within image, in the artist's hand, 1957; on verso, likely by artist, lower left: 57 / DE

MarkingsOn recto, blindstamped lower left corner [within a circle]: GG

ProvenanceLa Gravure S.A., Paris;
Purchased by John O'Hara, December 14, 1983

DescriptionComprised of only a few marks, a profile of a person from the neck up wearing a hat tied at their chin with a red string.

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