Chinese Actor and Two Sketches of a Woman's Head

by Emil Orlik

Also known as: Chinese Actor, Shanghai 1912

Inscriptions

signed, lower right, in graphite: orlik

Provenance

Emil Orlik

Exhibition history

Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 28, 1937). Watercolors and Drawings form the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-28, 1939).

Quick Overview

Artist: Emil Orlik (Czech, 1870–1932)
Date: 1912
Medium: black crayon and watercolor, with gouache (main figure); black crayon (partially erased, left head); black crayon (right head)
Dimensions: Sheet: 26.7 x 18.7 cm (10 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: Drawings
Credit line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
Accession no.: 1924.550

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.