Academic study of a young man in suit 1893

Academic study. Chest portrait of a young man in a suit and dotted tie; front view, lowered gaze.

JQAW# Z_1893_030
Charcoal on dark paper 47 x 34 cm
Signature: Adams 93
Private collection Austria.

This drawing is from a portfolio from Adams' Viennese student days (1892-1896). The embarrassed gaze directed to the ground make an apt study portrait of this young, probably inexperienced model.

Cross-references

Exhibited

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

Literature

Schaffer/Eisenberger 1986, Austellungskatalog #2 (no ill.)

Provenance

From the artist to:
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.
Herr family descendants,
Private collection Austria.