Otto von Beck 1920

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Half-length portrait sketch en face, looking directly at the viewer. The sitter has a high, bald forehead and a thinning crown of hair, wearing a dark brown suit with a black tie and a brown coat with strikingly wide lapels. Background: beige canvas with dark brown color highlights.

JQAW# P_1920_030
Oil on canvas ca. 90 x 75 cm
Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams 1920
Private collection Portugal

Dr. Otto von Beck (ennoblement 1918, doctorate 1922) 19.12.1873 Vienna to 13.12.1960 Geneva, authorized signatory, partner and later liquidator of Vienna's most important uniform company; writer.

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Cross-references

Fritz and Rolf von Beck 1920 (sons)

Margarethe von Beck 1922 (wife)

Exhibited

1919/1920 Künstlerhaus Vienna (not listed in entry book)

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Provenance

1922-1960 Otto and Margarethe von Beck, Vienna, Rohov and Geneva.
1960-1997 their son Fritz von Beck, Salzburg and Lissabon.
Since 1997 family descendants after Fritz von Beck,
private collection Portugal.