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The image displays a profile view of a person's head and upper shoulders. The individual faces left with only the side of their face visible. They have distinct facial features and wear a striped headscarf tied at the back. The person wears a garment with a collar, and appears to have a knotted tie at the neck. The background is plain and unadorned.
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The image displays a profile view of a person's head and upper shoulders. The individual faces left with only the side of their face visible. They have distinct facial features and wear a striped headscarf tied at the back. The person wears a garment with a collar, and appears to have a knotted tie at the neck. The background is plain and unadorned.

National Gallery of Art · Print

African Woman

Henri-Charles Guérard, after Eva Gonzalès

Date
c. 1885/1889
Medium
etching and drypoint printed in brown and black with scraping, heightened with white gouache, on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 37.2 × 29.3 cm (14 5/8 × 11 9/16 in.) sheet: 46.5 × 35 cm (18 5/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2019.65.2
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • Woman
  • Portrait
  • Face
Provenance

(Eric Gillis, Brussels); purchased by NGA, 2018.

Inscription

In plate, at lower right: 16 [encircled by the name VIEILLE MONTAGNE]

Marks

at lower left, Guérard's large G stamp printed in brown (not in Lugt)

Watermarks

HUDELIST

NGA object ID 217933. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.