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American Art

Study of a Head

John Henry Twachtman

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

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.

Caption

John Henry Twachtman (American, 1853–1902). Study of a Head, ca. 1888–1895. Pastel with touches of graphite on commercially prepared paperboard, 14 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. (37.8 x 39.1 cm) frame: 22 7/8 × 16 3/4 × 2 in. (58.1 × 42.5 × 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Surplus Fund, 25.417. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Study of a Head

Date

ca. 1888–1895

Medium

Pastel with touches of graphite on commercially prepared paperboard

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

14 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. (37.8 x 39.1 cm) frame: 22 7/8 × 16 3/4 × 2 in. (58.1 × 42.5 × 5.1 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower left: "JHT"

Credit Line

Museum Surplus Fund

Accession Number

25.417

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Artists and makers

John Henry Twachtman

10 works in the collection