13571

Preparatory work for the genre picture Falling Leaves

An Elderly Soldier 1895

Seated full-length in three-quarter profile to the left, wearing a brown jacket, blue trousers and a grey military greatcoat, holding a stick and cap in his right hand

Pastel on cardboard, [dimensions unknown]

Private Collection

This preparatory study for Falling Leaves [10672] is one of two executed in pastel by de László, see also [12950]. These are two very rare instances of his use of the medium of pastel in the artist’s oeuvre.

For a full description of Falling Leaves, see [10672].

BS 2013