Study of a Head

Details

Edwin Howland Blashfield (1848-1936)
Study of a Head
signed with artist's monogram (lower center)--signed 'Edwin H. Blashfield' (lower right)--signed, dated, and inscribed 'EH Blashfield 1905./Study of a head./for panel in Iowa State Capitol' (lower right)
pencil heightened with white chalk on beige paper
24 x 18¾ in. (61 x 47.6 cm.)

Provenance

Galleria Borghi, New York.

Lot Essay

The present work is a study for a mural completed in 1905 by Blashfield entitled Westward, found between the first and second floors on the east side of the Iowa Sate Capitol building. Westward, measuring 14 feet high and 40 feet wide, depicts early pioneers traveling through Iowa.

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