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WITKACY (Stanislaw WITKIEWICZ) (Warsaw 1885...

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WITKACY (Stanislaw WITKIEWICZ) (Warsaw 1885 - 1939 Jeziory Wielkie) Portrait of a Lady, 1931 Pastel on paper Signed and dated upper left 49 x 38 cm (on view) Provenance: T. Szczepanek Collection, Zakopane; private collection, Paris The painting bears the symbols that describe the character and circumstances of the creation specified in the regulations of his 'Portrait Firm'. Thus, it is 'Type B' (in the scale from A to E) which indicates the degree of deformation of the model, while the symbol 'NP' indicates that the artist did not smoke during the session.