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Head of a Woman, 1908. conté crayon and pastel on buff paper laid down on board.
conté crayon and pastel on buff paper laid down on board · sheet: 6.03 × 8.89 cm · National Gallery of Art
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- Museum title
- Head of a Woman
- Artist
- Egon Schiele Austrian, 1890 - 1918
- Date
- 1908
- Medium
- conté crayon and pastel on buff paper laid down on board
- Dimensions
- sheet: 6.03 × 8.89 cm (2 3/8 × 3 1/2 in.) mount: 14.61 × 18.42 cm (5 3/4 × 7 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of The Robert and Mary M. Looker Family Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- National Gallery of Art
Artist’s life 1890–1918
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.