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Frau Karl Wittgenstein, née Leopoldine Kallmus 1904
Head and shoulders slightly to the left and full face to the viewer, her hair pinned up, wearing a black high necked blouse with a brooch at the neck
Oil on canvas, 50 x 39 cm (19 ⅝ x 15 ⅜ in.)
Inscribed verso: László
Private Collection
De László rejected the present picture and [112371] of Leopoldine Wittgenstein before completing the finished portrait [9929]. A contemporary photograph of de László’s studio in Vienna shows this portrait before it was cut down and given to the artist’s brother Marczi.
De László painted the sitter’s sister-in-law Josephine Wittgenstein [11810] and her husband Johann Oser [11207] in 1900; and their daughter Bertha in 1905 [10135] [10088].
For biographical notes on the sitter, see [9929].
PROVENANCE:
Marczi László, brother of the artist;
By descent
CWS 2020