Oil on canvas.
Signed and hardly legibly dated lower right. 35,5 x 30 cm (13,9 x 11,8 in).
Verso: Portrait of an old woman. Oil.

We would like to thank Ms Dr. Brigitte Lohkamp, Düsseldorf, for her expert advice

This work is a good sample of the painter's early work. He detaches himself from the post impressionist style as of 1919, and is strongly influenced by Cézanne's art. [JS].