Titles

Only one title has been suggested:

• 'Portrait Sketch of a Lady' (1980, YMSM). 1

Description

Portrait Sketch of a Lady, Freer Gallery of Art

A head and shoulders portrait of a woman in three-quarter view to right. She has brown hair arranged in a large bun. She wears a dark coloured costume with a white collar, ruffle or scarf at the neck. She is looking downwards and may have been reading a book but the lower right corner is unfinished. The background is very dark. The canvas is in vertical format.

Sitter

Head of a woman, Fogg Art Museum

Portrait Sketch of a Lady, Freer Gallery of Art

Not identified. There are tantalising similarities of pose and hairstyle between the painting and some drawings, particularly Head of a woman [M.0442], but these do not help identification.