112371                

RECTO

REJECTED

DESTROYED
Frau Karl Wittgenstein, née Leopoldine Kallmus 1904

Standing three-quarter length to the right, head turned and looking to the viewer, a dark dress and a long necklace just indicated

Oil on board, 104.1 x 76.2 cm (41 x 30 in.)

Studio Inventory, p. 23 (130): Portrait of an old Lady, high necked black dress

Recto is Unidentified: A Lady, Full Face and Brown Hair [112372].

De László painted a formal three-quarter length portrait of the sitter [9929] in 1904. The present work and [7199] were of a similar size to the finished picture but were rejected.  

For biographical notes on the sitter, see [9929].

PROVENANCE:

In the possession of the artist on his death;

Destroyed in accordance with the artist’s will, 1947

CWS 2020