Jo's Bent Head |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.409) | |
| Number: | 88 | |
| Date: | 1861 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 226 x 152 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 25 | |
| Catalogues: | K.78; M.78 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (25) | ||
KEYWORD
head, portrait, woman, model.
TITLE
Minor variations on the title include the following:
'Jo' (1870s, Whistler). 1
'Bent head of a woman ...' (1902, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 2
'Jo’s Bent Head' (1904, Copley Society). 3
'Jo’s Bent Head' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 4
'Jo’s Bent Head' is the preferred title, distinguishing this portrait from Jo 087.
'Jo' (1870s, Whistler). 1
'Bent head of a woman ...' (1902, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 2
'Jo’s Bent Head' (1904, Copley Society). 3
'Jo’s Bent Head' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 4
'Jo’s Bent Head' is the preferred title, distinguishing this portrait from Jo 087.
1: Written on .
2: Kennedy 1902[more] (cat. no. 370).
3: Boston 1904 (cat. nos. 58, 59).
4: Mansfield 1909[more] (cat. no. 78).
DESCRIPTION
A young woman, with long, wavy hair, stands bending forward and facing to the right. A few lines suggest her figure and the hem of her dress. In the background, above and to right of the head, there is shading.
SITTER
Joanna Hiffernan (b. ca 1843). Another portrait, Jo 087, is of a similar date.
DISCUSSION
A similar subject - further developed - is seen in Fumette standing 059.