Photo of collection object Head of a Young Girl — Alexandre Hesse. Head of a Young Girl, c. 1857. black chalk, sanguine, brown wash with white chalk heightening on coarse gray paper, Sheet: 34.9 x 26.4 cm (13 3/4 x 10 3/8 in.). Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2009.306. CC0.

Head of a Young Girl

c. 1857

Alexandre Hesse

Alexandre Hesse (French, 1806–1879)

Drawings

Head of a Young Girl, c. 1857. Alexandre Hesse (French, 1806–1879). Black chalk, sanguine, brown wash with white chalk heightening on coarse gray paper; sheet: 34.9 x 26.4 cm (13 3/4 x 10 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2009.306

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Alexandre Hesse
Classification: Drawing
Formatted Medium: black chalk, sanguine, brown wash with white chalk heightening on coarse gray paper
Medium: black, chalk, sanguine, brown, wash, white, heightening, coarse, gray, paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 34.9 x 26.4 cm (13 3/4 x 10 3/8 in.)
Departments: Drawings
Accession Number: 2009.306
Credit Line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Exhibitions: Paris: Galerie Pierre Gaubert (April 24-May 25, 1979): "Alexandre Hesse, 1806-1879 : quelques aspects du portraitiste et du dessinateur" exh. cat. no. 25, repr.
Rights Statement: CC0

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