Head of a Woman
Wilhelm Lehmbruck
ca. 1910, cast ca. 1930
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
17 1/4 × 14 1/2 × 8 1/2 in., 30.2 lb. (43.8 × 36.8 × 21.6 cm, 13.7 kg)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Erna S. Blade, 1995
Accession Number
1995.35
Tags
HeadsWomen
About the Artist
Wilhelm Lehmbruck
Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881–1919) was a German sculptor whose elongated, melancholic figures rank among the most moving works produced by European Expressionism. Born in Duisburg-Meiderich into a working-class family, Lehmbruck studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Düsseldorf and later at the Düsseldorf Academy, where he mastered the academic tradition before pushing beyond it toward a more pers...