Unknown artist
Head of a Woman
Artwork Detail
This intimate study of a sleeping woman evokes legends of princesses asleep in their castles like memories deep in the unconscious mind waiting to be awakened. In art, sleep may also signify death and this figure, with her eyes closed and throat exposed, seems vulnerable and perhaps open to danger, whether from within or from the voyeuristic eye of the spectator. (Headspace, 2002)
- Title
- Head of a Woman
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 19th century
- Medium
- pencil and white on tracing paper
- Dimensions
- 152 x 104 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
- Accession no
- U/219
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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