Joseph Kleitsch, (1882-1931)

Portrait of M'lle 'E' 21 x 16 3/4in framed 28 1/2 x 24 1/4in

Portrait of M'lle 'E'
signed and inscribed 'JOSEPH KLEITSCH / FRANCE' (lower right)
oil on canvas
21 x 16 3/4in
framed 28 1/2 x 24 1/4in
Painted in 1926.

Provenance
Property from the Estate of Nancy M. Daly.
Sale, Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco and Los Angeles, California and Western Paintings and Sculpture, April 20, 2010, lot 99.
Private collection, Southern California.

Literature
E. Stendahl, Joseph Kleitsch, Los Angeles, 1928, p. 11, illustrated.
P. Trenton, Joseph Kleitsch: A Kaleidoscope of Color, Irvine, 2007, p. 171, pl. 171, illustrated.

For Kleitsch, Paris of the 1920s was stimulating and provocative. In addition to his outdoor studies, he painted several richly painted figurative pictures in various poses. Kleitsch's French women remain anonymous, since his titles specifically avoided naming them.