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Genre picture

Preparatory drawing

Study for the First Washing Lesson c.1889

A girl and an old woman standing full length, washing clothes in a wooden trough; both standing barefoot in a courtyard, a large barrel and a jug at their feet; a clothes-line above their heads.

Graphite on paper, 28.2 x 20.2 cm (11 ⅛ x 8 in.)

Private Collection

All the objects in this preparatory work appear in the finished oil painting [11561] completed in 1889, during the artist’s stay in Ó-Becse with his friend and patron, Dr Pál Grünbaum.  

For biographical notes on Dr Grünbaum and de László’s time in Ó-Becse see [11463].

PROVENANCE:

In the possession of the artist on his death;

By descent in the family

BS 2013