'A Woman’s Head’

William Brown Macdougall

1896

Photomechanical reproduction of a line drawing in pen

5½ x 4½ inches

Photograph of a drawing in The Savoy 6 (October 1896): 91.

This is an example of Macdougall’s treatment of Art Nouveau in which he deploys emanating arabesques and strands of hair which evoke the organic forms of plant-life. The image is also redolent of the femme fatale type, which features throughout the style.

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