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Study of woman's head
Study of woman's head

Study of woman's head

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Object Details

Title:
Study of woman's head
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
7 x 5 1/4 (folded)
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

Oakley sketched the head on the cover of a program for a 1932 performance of "Olivette." The comic opera was staged by Plays and Players, a Philadelphia theatre group of which Oakley was a founder.

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