Head of a Woman

Item

Title

Head of a Woman

Date

Unknown

Medium

Wood, Plasticine

Dimensions

13.75 x 11.4 x 9.4 in.

Accession Number

2006.364

On View

Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University Fuller Gallery 204 (Meta Fuller 4, Shelf 4)

Classification

Sculpture

Description

Grey plasticine bust of a woman with wavy, shoulder length hair. Woman has a large head, straight nose, and a slightly opened mouth, looking straight out. She is on a wooden plastform. There is a string from her head and draping across in front of her chest.

Accrual Method

Collection was gifted to the Danforth in 2006. Unfortunately they sat uncatalogued for close to 10 years. It took until an IMLS grant awarded in 2015 through 2016 for this collection to be catalogued and put into the collections database. - Rachel 2021

Provenance

Gift of the Meta V. W. Fuller Trust Part of the Estate of Meta V. W. Fuller from 1968-2001. In the collection of the Meta V. W. Fuller Trust, 2001-2006

Condition

Fair: Appears stable. String and tape stained. Could not do full evaluation as housed in open storage behind large vitrine panels.

Credit

Gift of the Meta V. W. Fuller Trust