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Portrait of the artist's wife
Maker
(artist)
1890-1967
1890-1967
Title
Portrait of the artist's wife
Date of Production
(circa) 1932
Medium
graphite, watercolour, white bodycolour on wove paper, with pinholes at all four corners, the lower edge folded under
Dimensions
Height: 65 cm
Width: 46.7 cm
Width: 46.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.280
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
© DACS 2023
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
purchased from the artist by Count Antoine Seilern, Vienna then London (1901-1978), sometime between 1932-1935; Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Literature
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 280
pl. CXV
dated c. 1932
no. 280
pl. CXV
dated c. 1932
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Stamp: Mount (Seilern’s), Verso of back cover: centre, stamped in purple: “g”; lower left, stamped in blue: coat of arms, encircled by words: “Vom Bundesdenkmalamt zum Ausfuhr freigegeben”.
Inscription: Verso: numbers in graphite at upper centre, centre and lower centre in same hand: “23”, “18”, “13”; lower left corner, printed in black ink: “58”. Mount (Seilern’s), Recto of front cover: lower right, graphite: “Nr. 11”. Mount (Seilern’s), Recto of back cover: lower centre edge, graphite: “Sposalizio”.
Collector's mark: none.
Stamp: Mount (Seilern’s), Verso of back cover: centre, stamped in purple: “g”; lower left, stamped in blue: coat of arms, encircled by words: “Vom Bundesdenkmalamt zum Ausfuhr freigegeben”.
Inscription: Verso: numbers in graphite at upper centre, centre and lower centre in same hand: “23”, “18”, “13”; lower left corner, printed in black ink: “58”. Mount (Seilern’s), Recto of front cover: lower right, graphite: “Nr. 11”. Mount (Seilern’s), Recto of back cover: lower centre edge, graphite: “Sposalizio”.
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