Spring I ca. 1900-1905

Allegory of spring. Half portrait of a girl in side view looking to the right, the dark hair pinned up, a light cloth wrapped around the torso, the shoulders bare, the hands placed together as if in prayer. In the background a tree with blossoms on its branches, behind it a suggested mountain range.

Oil on paper 68 x 47 cm
Signature: John Q. Ɑdams.
Work lost.
Illustration: B/W illustration auction catalog Dorotheum 31.101.1913

An early work of the artist, which shows clear Jugendstil influences. Motif, execution and relatively small format indicate a work intended for quick sale. The work has been lost since its auction at the Vienna Dorotheum on 31.10.1913 lot#386.

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 .
Since then lost.