Head of a Woman

Amedeo Modigliani, c.1911-1912

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Head of a Woman, c.1911-1912. limestone.

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limestone · overall: 65.2 × 16.51 × 24.8 cm · National Gallery of Art

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Museum title: Head of a Woman
Artist: Amedeo Modigliani Italian, 1884 - 1920
Date: c.1911-1912
Medium: limestone
Dimensions: overall: 65.2 × 16.51 × 24.8 cm (25 11/16 × 6 1/2 × 9 3/4 in.)
Credit line: Chester Dale Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: National Gallery of Art

Artist’s life 1884–1920

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Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.