Spring I ca. 1900-1905

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Allegory of spring. Half portrait of a girl in side view looking to the right, the brown hair pinned up, a white cloth wrapped around the torso, the shoulders bare, the hands placed together as if in prayer. Background: a garden wall, behind it a tree with pink blossoms on its branches, behind it a suggested mountain range.


JQAW# G_1900_080
Oil on wood 70 x 50 cm
Signature: John Q. Ɑdams.
Unknown private collection, Vienna.
Illustration: Online auction catalogue Dorotheum Vienna 6.11.2023

An early work of the artist, which shows clear Jugendstil influences. Motif, execution and relatively small format indicate a work intended for quick sale. This work is documented through two auctions at the Vienna Dorotheum from 31.10.1913 lot#386 (with B/W illustration in the catalogue) and from 6.11.2023 lot#110-024203/0005.

Cross-references

Exhibited

Literature

APH, catalog raisonné JQA 1995, p. 247, cat.#214, fig.#147

Provenance

Unknown.
Auction Dorotheum Wien 31.10.1913 lot#386 .
Unknown.
Auction Dorotheum Vienna 6.11.2023 lot#110-024203/0005.