Jacek Malczewski (1854 - 1929), Portrait of Anulka Kirchmayer in the garden, 1905

Watercolor, paper; 29.7 x 14 cm in św. p-p;
Signed p. g.: "J Malczewski";
on reverse:
- exhibition sticker filled in typewritten: "Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Sztuk Pięknych w Krakowie / R. 1939 Nr. 76. 1586 / EXHIBITION / Author JACK MALCZEWSKI / Address / Work Girl / Execution r. watercolor price";
- inscription: "PORTRET ANULKA / KIRCHMAYER IN THE GARDEN / FROM THE YEAR 1905" (in pen);
- sticker fragment: "38 / ... [?]"

Provenance:
private collection, Cracow

Image exhibited and mentioned:
"Jacek Malczewski 1855-1929", Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Cracow, National Printing House in Cracow, July-August-September 1939, item 76 (with title "Girl"), p. 13.

Decorative children's portrait by a Young Poland master. Images of children appear in the painter's works quite often, often in the company of fanciful figures or against a landscape background. The background of the offered work is devoid of symbolic references, the luminous portrait fills almost the entire space of the work. Signed by the artist, the composition was presented at the painter's famous monographic exhibition at Krakow's Palace of Art ten years after his death. The exhibition catalog states that the owner of the work was Maria Kirchmayerowa, granddaughter of Jan Matejko.