Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.

Studies of Heads

Artist Thomas Pollock Anshutz (American, 1851-1912)

Dateca. 1880

MediumWatercolor and graphite on paper

DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 x 10 in. (19.1 x 25.4 cm)

ClassificationsAmerican art

Credit LineGift of Raymond J. and Margaret Horowitz

Object number2007.7.1

Terms

Watercolor
Women
Victorian dress
Bust
Blue
Green
Orange
Peach
Brown
Yellow

On View

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.