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Head of a young child (recto)
Head of a young child (verso)

Maker

(artist)
1890-1967

Title

Head of a young child (recto)
Head of a young child (verso)

Date of Production

1927

Medium

graphite with stumping (recto and verso) on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 30.2 cm
Width: 43.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1970.XX.8

Mode of Acquisition

Johannes Wilde, bequest, 1970

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

© DACS 2023

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

given by the artist to Dr Johannes Wilde (1891-1970), December 1931; Wilde Bequest 1970

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite, signed and dated by the artist?: “FB. / MCMXXVII”. Mount (removed, now missing, recorded in file): “Jancsinak […] / 1931 December” (as in “To Jancsi”, this being a Hungarian nickname of Johannes).

Collector's mark: none.

Label: eagle within a triangle: "von der zentralstelle für denkmalschutz zur ausfuhr freigegeben"

Label: Johannes inhereted /1931. ? [unreadable word]

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