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Portrait head study of Gen. Jan Christiaan Smuts, former ... Image 1

Portrait head study of Gen. Jan Christiaan Smuts, former delegate from South Africa to the League of Nations

Date
1930
Medium
Charcoal and sanguine on paper with framing line in charcoal
Credit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Dimensions
15 1/8 x 11 1/8 in. (folded)

Description & Inscriptions

[front cover in graphite]: Head of Gen. Smuts / Jan 10, 1930 / N.Y.; [lower right of drawing in red ink]: stamped signature
Oakley made this study while General Jan Christiaan Smuts was attending a banquet in New York in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the League of Nations.

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