HEAD OF A BOY, 1940
Terra cotta on wood base
11 1/4 x 5 x 6 inches
(including 1 7/8 inch high base)
Signed: WArtis (rear)
Marked: Head of Boy - / William E. Artis / Staff Sergeant / William E. Artis / Fort Devens / Negro Sculpture / from Harlem N. Y. / Pratt Institute (handwritten label)

HEAD OF A BOY (also YOUNG BOY FROM HARLEM), c. 1940

Terra cotta

10 3/4 x 6 x 7 7/8 inches

Signed: W.E. Artis (ink, inside neck)

HEAD OF A BOY, c. 1930-35
Terracotta on original wood base
11 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches
3 3/8 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 inch original wood base
Signed: W. Artis (metal plaque on base)
Provenance: Melvin Holmes Collection, San Francisco, CA. until 2015, then by descent until 2019