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DESTROYED

Comtesse Anna de Noailles, née princesse Anna Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan 1921

Half-length, to the left, full face and looking to the viewer, wearing a round hat decorated with a single ‘paradise’ Egret feather; a long string of pearls round her neck; her right hand to her breast touching the pearls and the fur trimming of her coat

Oil on canvas, [dimensions unknown]

Sitters’ Book II, f. 28: Anna / de Noailles / Xmas 1921 / (after a kiss!)

PROVENANCE:

Destroyed by enemy action in London during World War II

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