Female half portrait oval ca. 1920

Half-length portrait en face, head slightly tilted, looking directly at the viewer. The sitter has short dark hair with a side parting; she is wearing a white, low-cut silk dress with a peach-colored cape over it. Background: peach-colored background with the shadow of the sitter cast upon it.

JQAW# P_1920_080
Oil on canvas dimensons unknown
Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams
Work lost
Picture: Auction catalogue via MutualArt website

This portrait of an unknown lady is only known from an auction in France in 2018. It is likely that the subject came from upper-class (Jewish?) circles in Vienna and that the portrait found its way to France during forced emigration in the Nazi era. There is a complete lack of information that could possibly lead to the identification of the sitter and her biography. The work is characteristic of Adams' late style and is dated to around 1920 (or later) due to the strongly slanted signature.

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Unknown.
Auction Adler 7.10.2018 France (info from: MutualArt.com).
Unknown private collection (France?).