Study of a Woman's Head

c. 1865

Medium	graphite with stumping on beige wove paper
Dimensions	6 7/8 x 5 5/16 in. (17.4 x 13.5 cm)
Object Number	1955.1716
Acquisition	Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Pierre Puvis De Chavannes, Study of a Woman's Head, c. 1865, graphite with stumping on beige wove paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1716

Select Bibliography

Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert, Standish D. Lawder, and Charles W. Talbot, Jr. Drawings from the Clark Art Institute: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Robert Sterling Clark Collection of European and American Drawings, Sixteenth Through Nineteenth Centuries, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. 2 volumes. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Thirty: A Selection of Nineteenth Century French Drawings. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1965. Bloomington: Indiana University Art Museum.. The Academic Tradition: An Exhibition of 19th-Century French Drawings. June 19-Aug. 11, 1968. Cat. by Sarah Whitfield. Brooke, David S. Master Drawings: Robert Sterling Clark as a Collector. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1995. Daniel M. Mendelowitz.. Drawing: A Study Guide.. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.. 1975.. Duane Wakeham.. Daniel Mendelowitz' A Guide to Drawing, 3rd ed.. New York" Holt, Rinehart & Winston.. 1982.. Hubbard, Guy. "Teaching with Art: Structure in Drawing." Arts and Activities (April 1984): 36–38.