Studies of Heads
Artist
Thomas Pollock Anshutz
(American, 1851-1912)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1880
MediumWatercolor and graphite on paper
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 x 10 in. (19.1 x 25.4 cm)
InscribedThe verso carries the artist's estate signature - a stamped Thos. P. Anshutz - and two inscriptions, only one of which is fully legible: 1773 A [in a circle] Graham. The frame's backing board carries the stamp of the dealer James Graham and Sons and, again, the Anshutz estate stamp and estate signature.
Credit LineGift of Raymond J. and Margaret Horowitz
Object number2007.7.1
Not on view
DescriptionThis sheet of studies in watercolor and graphite is worked on both sides. The principal, recto side contains two watercolor studies of bust-length female figures in somber Victorian dress. On the verso are a series of graphite sketches, including one of a standing male nude at the left and a group of architectural studies at the right.ProvenanceThe Artist; Margaret and Raymond Horowitz, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Gift of Raymond J. and Margaret Horowitz, 2007
