Academic female head study (academy) 1894

Academic study. Head portrait of a young lady en face, head with curled hair, tied behind, slightly turned to the right, looking towards the viewer.

JQAW# Z_1894_170
Charcoal on paper 41 x 29 cm
Signature: Adams
Kupferstichkabinett der Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien HZ 29.521 Bequest Countess Harriet Walderdorff

This undated drawing comes from a portfolio from the time Adams studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna Schillerplatz (1892-1896). Dated 1894 from comparison with other drawings in the portfolio and a numbering on the reverse.

Cross-references

Exhibited

1986 Academy Schillerplatz Vienna 1986, Viennese Society in Portrait, Catalog No. 2.

Literature

Schaffer/Eisenberger 1986, Austellungskatalog #2 (o.Abb.)

Provenance

Mary (Mizzi) and Luise Elise Teltscher, sisters of the artist. Exported to the USA in 1951 to Luise Elise Teltscher, Boston (BDA 1210/51).
Gift to Harriet Walderdorff, Salzburg.
Donation 1986 to Academy Schillerplatz Kupferstichkabinett Inv.Nr. HZ 29.521