Head of a Woman (The Artist's First Wife?)

Augustus Edwin John, 1878–1961

undated

Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Yale Center for British Art

A graphite sketch depicts the head and shoulders of a woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat and an earring. The drawing is rendered with loose, expressive lines. A graphite sketch depicts the head and shoulders of a woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat and an earring. The drawing is rendered with loose, expressive lines. Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Philip L. Goodwin, Yale BA 1907, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery