Bust of a Young Woman
c. 1900
Medium
red chalk on paper, laid down
Dimensions
sheet: 37 x 25 cm (14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.) mount: 45.5 x 28.5 cm (17 15/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The John U. and Evelyn S. Nef Collection
Accession Number
2011.60.75
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Augustus John · 1878–1961
Augustus Edwin John OM RA (1878–1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher whose prodigious early gifts made him the most celebrated portraitist in Britain during the first decades of the twentieth century. Born on 4 January 1878 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, he lost his mother Augusta Smith in childhood, a loss that left a permanent mark on his restless temperament. He and his elder sister Gwe...