Materials:
Pen, Paper, Ink
Physical Object Description:
Henri Gaudier was born in France. As a sculptor in Paris he met Sophie Brzeska, sharing her name when he moved to London in 1911. This drawing is probably of Sophie.Although primarily a sculptor, Gaudier-Brzeska almost invariably worked on paper while developing his ideas.
Dimensions:
38.9 x 25.7 cm
Accession Number:
D.1927.25
Credit:
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1927
Ownership history:
Gifted by Sydney Schiff (1868-1944) to the Foreign Fund in 1926; presented to The Whitworth (Whitworth Art Gallery), The University of Manchester, 1927