The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Head of a Woman
1894 or after
(American, 1851–1938)
Sheet: 35.3 x 30.2 cm (13 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection 1956.725
Location: not on view
Description
This remarkable drawing reveals the beauty of silverpoint, which requires scratching with a metal point on to a prepared paper. A demanding technique that allows no corrections, the method was used in the Renaissance by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, and it was revived in the late 19th century. Beginning in 1896, the art supply company Winsor-Newton offered a kit with a silverpoint tool and prepared paper. Dewing skillfully exploited the qualities of this technique to create an image with a silvery sheen, which seems to float upon the paper.- 1956Estate of Fanny Tewksbury King, Cleveland, OHDecember 11, 1956–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Hobbs, Susan and Shoshanna Abeles. Thomas Wilmer Dewing: Beauty into Art: A Catalogue Raisonné. [Alexandria, VA]: The Thomas Wilmer Dewing Catalogue Raisonné; New Haven: in association with Yale University Press, 2018. Mentioned: p. 998, cat. # 567; Reproduced: p. 999, plate 567
- American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98. "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."America Draws. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985).American Drawings: 1900-1930. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7-October 31, 1982).New York, Durlacher Bros., A Loan Exhibition: Thomas W. Dewing. 26 March-20 April, 1963, no. 40 or 41 (could be either drawing, neither is illustrated).
- {{cite web|title=Head of a Woman|url=false|author=Thomas Wilmer Dewing|year=1894 or after|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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