ALBERT JANESCH | SELF PORTRAIT WITH THE ARTIST'S WIFE

ALBERT JANESCH
Austrian
1889 - 1973
SELF PORTRAIT WITH THE ARTIST'S WIFE

signed ALBERT JANESCH (lower right); inscribed and dated MEIN SELBSTBILDNIS IM 43./ LEBENSJAHR/ MIT MEINEM BRAVEN/ WEIBE MARIA ANTAONIA./ WEIN IM JAHRE 1933. (upper right)
oil on canvas
40⅜ by 36⅝ in.
102.6 by 93 cm

Condition Report:
Not examined out of the frame. Original unlined condition. The surface presents well with fresh, bright colors. Artist pinholes in the upper corners and along the upper edge. Under UV: varnish fluoresces green unevenly and in a streaky manner. A very few isolated fine retouches in the background, on the inscription and on the woman's forehead. Possible reinforcement underneath the artist's proper right hand and the brush at lower left.

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Provenance:
Private Collection, Austria

Acquired from the above by the present owner