85

DESTROYED

Preparatory work

Queen Marie of Romania, née Princess Marie of Edinburgh 1936

Oil on canvasboard, 51 x 40.8 cm (20 x 16 in.)

Sitters’ Book II, f. 85: Marie / Marie, / Cotroceni / Feb. 1936

Studio Inventory, p. 58 (303): Study H.M. Queen Marie of Roumania. Painted in the Cottroceni Palace, Bucharest.

Study for the full-length [3211] commission for the National Bank of Romania painted during de László’s six-week visit to Bucharest in February and March 1936.

For biographical notes on the sitter, see [2961].

PROVENANCE:

In the possession of the artist on his death;

Destroyed in accordance with the artist’s will, 1947

KF 2014