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Aline Seybel 1906

Head and shoulders to the right, her head turned to the left, almost full-face, her hair in a chignon

Oil on board, 72.7 x 50 cm (28 ⅝ x 19 ⅝ in.)

Inscribed lower left: László  F.E. 

Private Collection

The present study of Aline Seybel, although signed, appears to be unfinished and is probably a rejected first attempt for the portrait of Liny [10968] dated January 1906 which was exhibited at the Vienna Künstlerhaus that year. The present study was originally in the collection of de László’s brother, Marczi.

PROVENANCE:          

Marczell László, the artist’s brother;

By descent from his second wife;

Sold at Kieselbach Galéria és Aukciósház, Budapest, on 11 December 1999, lot 90

CWS 2008