Hilda Countess Attems profile portrait rondo 1916

Rondo. Half portrait of a lady in left profile view, highlightling her long neckline. Described as: woman with red hair and blue shawl.

JQAW# P_1916_020
Oil on canvas rondo 78 x 73 cm
Signature: not recognizable
Unknown private collection, likely USA
Image: Auction catalogue Northeast Auctions 21.5.2000 Lot 1065

Hilda Countess Attems-Petzenstein, née Brenner von Felsach, 1.8.1890 Gainfarn castle/Bad Vöslau to 15.1.1981 Vienna. Red-haired beauty, NSDAP member and aryanizer of an art dealership.

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Exhibited

1917 Künstlerhaus Vienna Exhibition John Quincy Adams No. 51 (EL 61 1917/17 #502).

Literature

APH, catalog raisonné JQA 1995, p. 143, cat.#111, no ill.

Provenance

Until 1933 with the artist.
From his estate to his widow Frances Adams.
Until 1999 Fances Adams, remarried Fritsch, New York.
2000 Auction North-East Auctions USA 21.5.2000 Lot 1065.
Unknown private collection, USA?.

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