111706

Genre picture

Preparatory drawing

Study for Little Lidi and most probably studies for Water-carrier Boys c.1891

All standing full-length, a young girl slightly to the left looking to the viewer, a young boy in profile to the left, and two young boys in semi-profile facing each other, the three boys wearing felt ‘bowler’ hats

Graphite on paper, 20.1 x 28 cm (7 ⅞ x 11 in.)

Inscribed verso: 110 [red chalk]

Private Collection

The young girl on the left is most probably a preparatory drawing for Little Lidi [6058], a water-carrier girl, and the three young boys wearing traditional peasant dress would seem to be preparatory studies for Water-carrier Boys [112075]. Both Little Lidi and Water-carrier Boys were painted in the summer in 1891, during the artist’s stay in Ó-Becse.

For a description of de László’s rural genre pictures from this period and his time in Ó-Becse, see [6058] and [11463].

PROVENANCE:

In the possession of the artist on his death

BS 2013