Oil on canvas. Monogrammed and dated lower right. Signed and dated on the reverse of the canvas and on the stretcher with a label bearing the typographic details of the work. 92 x 73 cm. . [AW].
Full proceeds will go to the Pohlen-Bautz-Holzherr-Foundation.
- Extensive exhibition history of the expressive child portrait. - Frans Masereel is considered an important Belgian graphic artist, illustrator, and painter. - He gained international renown with numerous expressive, poetic woodcut series on socially critical themes. - Masereel also illustrated publications by Thomas Mann, Stephan Zweig, and Emile Zola.
LITERATURE: Pierre Vorms, Masereel. Catalogue Raisonné, Antwerp 1976, CR no. 318. - - Stephan Zweig, Pierre Vorms, Gerhard Pommeranz-Liedtke, Frans Masereel, Dresden 1959, pp. 131, 137.

Frans Masereel, Kunstverein Winterthur, March 12-April 23, 1933, cat. no. 20. Frans Masereel, Galerie Billiet, Paris, June 1933, cat. no. 4. Frans Masereel, Deutsche Akademie der Künste, Berlin, GDR, October 15-November 15, 1957, cat. no. 24. Frans Masereel. Malerei und Graphik 1917-1957, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, October 5-November 15, 1957, cat. no. 24. Frans Masereel, Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, 1958, cat. no. 5. Frans Masereel (1889-1972): zur Verwirklichung des Traums von einer freien Gesellschaft, Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken; Städtische Galerie, Homburg, Saar, 1989, p. 132 (with illustration)

Collection of Prof. Dr. Manfred Pohlen and Dr. Margarethe Bautz-Holzherr, Marburg

In good condition. The outer edges of the painting are partially rubbed, with small areas of color loss in places, probably due to framing. Occasional faint craquelure. Areas of expertly executed retouching and overpainting. The condition report was prepared in daylight and with the aid of a UV light source to the best of our knowledge and belief.