8858

UNTRACED

War picture

Preparatory work

An Unidentified Young Woman Praying 1935

kneeling three-quarter length in profile to the left, her head turned to the viewer with an agonised expression on her face, her arms resting on a pew or chair back, hands clasped together

Black chalk over sepia outline heightened with white on grey paper, 48 x 31 cm (19 x 12 ¼ in.)

Inscribed verso:  …[?] / Carlton [?]

Inscribed top left: 156

This picture is missing from a private collection in Portugal.

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