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Preparatory work

Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, née Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia 1914

Standing full length to the right on a terrace, wearing a long dress and a tiara, a curtain behind to the left

Pencil heightened with white on a page from a sketchbook, 55.9 x 37.8 cm (22 x 14 ⅞ in.)

Inscribed lower right: 1914 July / Queen of Greece / study a few days before / the war   

Inscribed top right: 52 

Sitters’ Book I, f. 96: Helene / Prinzessin von Griechenland / Grossfurstin von Russland / Athen, April 1914^[1]

Studio Inventory, p. 156 (227): Study of Princess Helen of Greece

Private Collection

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