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Thomas Couture

French, 1815-1879

Head of a Woman — Thomas Couture (French, 1815–1879). Head of a Woman, 1876. Oil on canvas, 18 x 15 inches (45.7 x 38.1 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Elisabeth H. Gates Fund, 1930 (1930:1).

Head of a Woman — Thomas Couture (French, 1815–1879). Head of a Woman, 1876. Oil on canvas, 18 x 15 inches (45.7 x 38.1 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Elisabeth H. Gates Fund, 1930 (1930:1).

Head of a Woman, 1876

oil on canvas

support: 18 x 15 inches (45.72 x 38.1 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Elisabeth H. Gates Fund, 1930

1930:1

Inscriptions:

signature, dated / lower left / T.C. / 1876

Provenance:

M. Barbedienne, Paris;
sold at auction in "Aquarelles et dessins modernes composant la collection de M. Barbedienne," Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris, June 2-3, 1892 (cat. no. 56);
Durand-Ruel, Paris [?];
Marie Sterner Gallery, New York;
sold to the Albright Art Gallery, May 10, 1930

Object Classifications:

Paintings

Oil painting

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