id:			148760
accession number:	1976.21
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.21
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:39.743000

Head of a Young Woman Seen from Below, 1886. Adolph von Menzel (German, 1815–1905). Graphite with stumping (traces of white paint, lower left, unrelated to composition); sheet: 19.9 x 12.6 cm (7 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1976.21

title:				Head of a Young Woman Seen from Below
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series:				
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creation date:			1886
creation date earliest:		1886
creation date latest:		1886
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creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Germany, 19th century
technique:	graphite with stumping (traces of white paint, lower left, unrelated to composition)
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - German
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Adolph von Menzel (German, 1815–1905)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 19.9 x 12.6 cm (7 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	beige(1) wove paper, perimeter mounted to a false margin of beige(1) wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower right,  in graphite: A.M. [underlined] / 86 ; VERSO, upper right, in graphite: 10 ; lower left, in brown ink: 18607
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review, 1976
	opening date:   1977-02-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review, 1976</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).

	title:		German Drawings of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries
	opening date:   1980-04-01T05:00:00
	<i>German Drawings of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 1-July 13, 1980).

	title:		National Schools of Style
	opening date:   1983-06-14T04:00:00
	<i>National Schools of Style</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).

	title:		Directions in Drawing II: The Human Figure
	opening date:   1991-11-05T05:00:00
	<i>Directions in Drawing II: The Human Figure</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-January 12, 1992).

	title:		The German Tradition
	opening date:   1993-04-27T04:00:00
	<i>The German Tradition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 27, 1993).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	[Otto Wertheimer]
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