111581

Preparatory work
Mrs Paul de Laszlo, née Josephine Vavasour McConnell 1934
Seated half-length to the right, head turned in three-quarter profile to the viewer, wearing an evening dress
Charcoal heightened with white on paper, 48.5 x 31.5 cm (19 ⅛ x 12 ½ in.)
Inscribed top right: 33 [on p. 33 of de László’s last sketchbook]

Sitters’ Book II, f. 76: Josephine V. László Oct: 30th 1933.

Private Collection

This work is a preparatory drawing for [10477], completed the year of the sitter’s  marriage to Paul de Laszlo, the artist’s son. While he chose eventually to paint her facing left, the pose is identical to the finished picture

For biographical notes on the sitter, see [10477].

PROVENANCE:

In the possession of the artist on his death;

By descent

KF 2016