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Study of a Head

Like Thomas Wilmer Dewing, John Henry Twachtman found pastel to be a medium sympathetic to his own preference for subtly suggestive rather than firmly defined forms. Guided here by some restrained passages of pencil outline, he described his model’s head using areas of delicately blended tones and economically touched highlights.

Artist: John Henry Twachtman, American, 1853-1902
Medium: Pastel with touches of graphite on commercially prepared paperboard
Dates: ca. 1888-1895
Dimensions: 14 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. (37.8 x 39.1 cm) Framed: 22 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. (58.1 x 42.9 cm)
Signature: Signed lower left: "JHT"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 25.417
Credit Line: Museum Surplus Fund
Image: Overall, 25.417_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006

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