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Kate Greenaway
1846-1901
Study of a Girl's Head
Watercolor, over graphite, on posterboard.
3 7/8 x 3 3/16 inches (98 x 81 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.
1981.69:2
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Watermark: none.
The girl appears to be Mary, one of the artist's favorite models.
The same girl posed for "The Fable of the Girl and her Milk Pail" and other major paintings.
Provenance:
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 14 October 1981, lot 829.
Associated names:
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), donor.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 263.
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