Henry Lee McFee

Negro Head
1935

Pencil drawing of a profile view of a woman with her hair pulled back, displaying detailed shading and texture, on aged paper with the artist's signature in the bottom right corner.
Pencil drawing of a profile view of a woman with her hair pulled back, displaying detailed shading and texture, on aged paper with the artist's signature in the bottom right corner.

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Date
1935

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 16 15/16 × 12in. (43 × 30.5 cm)

Accession number
36.136

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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artworks/1771

Henry Lee McFee
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