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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