Sculpture

Art

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Sculpture

Entry/Object ID

1993.316

Description

Gray stone larger than life size female head in naive style. High forehead, large almond shaped wide-set eyes, nose is broken off, wide lips and squared chin. Hair parted at center or whimple on head. Apparently was set into stone wall of the Papen House, 5600 block of Germantown Avenue.

Artwork Details

Medium

Stone [possibly serpentine, a form of soapstone]

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

USA

Dimensions

Height

11 in

Width

8 in

Depth

6-3/4 in

Provenance

Notes

There are pictures of this head in a wall.