112450

DESTROYED

REJECTED
Gyula Wlassics 1901

Head and shoulders in profile to the left, head turned in three-quarter profile and looking to the viewer, a jacket, shirt and tie just indicated

Oil on board, 78.7 x 50.8 cm (31 x 20 in.)

Sitters’ Book I, f. 16: Wlassics Gyula

Studio Inventory, p. 45 (232): H.E. The Hungarian Minister

This is thought to have been a rejected version of the portrait of Gyula Wlassics painted in 1901 [110810]. That portrait is untraced and so a comparison of size is not possible, but their composition is almost identical. The present portrait was kept by de László and remained in his studio until his death. It was destroyed in accordance with the terms of his will in 1947.

For biographical notes on the sitter, see [110810].

PROVENANCE:

In the possession of the artist on his death;

Destroyed in accordance with the terms of the artist’s will

Pd’O 2019