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A portrait of a young girl in profile facing to the right. She has long hair and stylized facial features.
Cabeza (Head)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Cabeza (Head)

Artist David Alfaro Siqueiros (Mexican, 1896 - 1974)
Date1929
Place of originMexico
MediumColor lithograph
Dimensions16 1/2 × 10 5/8 in. (41.9 × 27 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by the David A. Cofrin Acquisition Endowment
Object number2018.51.2
Collections
Visual DescriptionA portrait of a young girl in profile facing to the right. She has long hair and stylized facial features.
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