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Two Heads

Alfred Henry Maurer

American Art

On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Witness
MEDIUM Oil on composition board
DATES ca. 1924–1925
DIMENSIONS 21 7/8 x 18 1/8 in. (55.5 x 46.1 cm) frame: 30 1/2 x 27 in. (77.5 x 68.6 cm)  (show scale)
SIGNATURE Signed upper right: "A. H. Maurer"
COLLECTIONS American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 74.210
CREDIT LINE Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lawrence Herring
PROVENANCE Prior to 1974, provenance not yet documented; before 1974, acquired by Weyhe Gallery, New York, NY; by December 1974, acquired by H. Lawrence Herring and Gladys Finn Herring (Mrs. H. Lawrence Herring) of New York; December 27, 1974, gift of H. Lawrence Herring and Gladys Finn Herring to the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Witness
CAPTION Alfred Henry Maurer (American, 1868–1932). Two Heads, ca. 1924–1925. Oil on composition board, 21 7/8 x 18 1/8 in. (55.5 x 46.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lawrence Herring, 74.210. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.210_transp3233.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 74.210_transp3233.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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