Head of a Woman

Title: Head of a Woman
Date: 1964
Medium: Plaster, Paint
Dimensions: 17.5 x 9 x 7.6 in.
Accession Number: 2006.363
On View: Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University Fuller Gallery 204 (Meta Fuller 5, Shelf 3)
Classification: Sculpture
Description: Sculpture of a woman's head/face, front facing, wearing a tight fitting scarf over her head. Eyes are deep set, nose prominent, and lips separated into an emotionless expression. Face is very detailed with eyelids and pupils of the eyes deeply carved. Sculpture is painted a shiny gold-bronze.
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 Came to us from Robert Fuller.
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: Several abrasions all over piece, particularly on base at the edges and along side of head scarf on right. Face also shows abrasions on right side. Dark brown stain near mouth on left side. Heavy abrasions on top and back of head scarf. Large loss on bottom left, back corner of base.
Credit: Gift of the Meta V. W. Fuller Trust