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Head of a Child (1912-13)

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

ink on paper

Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

Head of a Child (1912-13)

Details

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Ink, Paper

Physical Object Description:

Portrait of a child, ink on paper. Inscribed: ‘H Gaudier-Brzeska’ bottom left and ‘Mojemu Zosikowi’ (‘To my Zozik’), bottom right/ [Zozik’ is a Polish diminutive for Sophie - his partner, Miss Sophie Brzeska (1872-1925)]

Dimensions:

38.7 x 25.4 cm

Accession Number:

N04518

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1930

Scheme:

Gift

Ownership history:

Purchased from the intestate estate of the late Miss Sophie Brzeska (1872-1925) through the Treasury Solicitor by C. Frank Stoop (1863-1933); by whom gifted to the Contemporary Art Society, 1930; presented to the Tate Gallery, 1930

Subject:

Portraits

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