Art, literature & historyProfile Head of a Woman
1960
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- black wash and dry brush on yellowish wove paper (Santo-Sospir letterhead)
- Dimensions
- sheet: 29.8 x 21 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2009.70.96
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Profile Head of a Woman — Jean Cocteau. 1960.
Medium: black wash and dry brush on yellowish wove paper (Santo-Sospir letterhead).
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 29.8 x 21 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2009.70.96. Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.