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Preview image of work. crayon on paper,  Head of a Woman (Tete de Jeune Femme) 12995

2003.11.14

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Head of a Woman (Tete de Jeune Femme)

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Artists

Félix Bracquemond (Paris, France, 5/22/1833 - 10/29/1914, Paris, France); Georges Braque (1882 - 1963)

Title

Head of a Woman (Tete de Jeune Femme)

Creation Date

ca. 1920-1922

Century

early 20th century

Dimensions

18 15/16 in. x 25 in. (48.1 cm x 63.5 cm)

Object Type

drawing

Creation Place

Europe, France

Medium and Support

crayon on paper

Credit Line

Bequest of William H. Alexander, in memory of his friend, Howard Hoyt Shiras, M.D.

Copyright

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Accession Number

2003.11.14

When poet Francis Ponge collaborated with painter Georges Braque on the first publication of his drawings in 1950, they selected this work, which was then in the Collection Maeght. For Braque, drawings were usually preparatory, “executed with an eye on a painting to come, or during its composition,” as Ponge writes. They were vehicles of innovation, which contributed to Braque’s ability to modernize art and, together with Pablo Picasso, bring it into the “era of the automobile.” Following the catastrophic experience of World War I, in which Braque was severely wounded, he and others of his generation developed a new interest in the figure and the tradition of classicism that reflected a “return to order.”