Elie Nadelman

Head of a Woman
c. 1925

Pencil sketch of a stylized profile of a person's head with exaggerated features, including a large, detailed ear and hair tied in two large loops. The drawing is incomplete, with only the outline and some facial features like the nose and lips lightly detailed. The background is plain white paper with some signs of wear and age.
Pencil sketch of a stylized profile of a person's head with exaggerated features, including a large, detailed ear and hair tied in two large loops. The drawing is incomplete, with only the outline and some facial features like the nose and lips lightly detailed. The background is plain white paper with some signs of wear and age.

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Date
c. 1925

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 10 × 7 7/8in. (25.4 × 20 cm)

Accession number
99.74.2

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo and the Dorothea L. Leonhardt Fund at the Communities Foundation of Texas in honor of Gilbert C. Maurer

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Elie Nadelman
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