January 2004 Fine Art & Antiques Online Auction
Lot 98. Sketch for "Carita", signed lower left, red chalk with white painted highlights on chain lined paper. Seated woman with three small children, one asleep on her lap. She is holding a fruit up and away in her left hand. They are seated on a daybed, light sketches in the background intimate trees and foliage. White highlights throughout on drapery and figures. A triangle composition of figures, anchored by extended foot, showing depth and angle from corner of daybed. Apprx 12-5/16" x 17-2/8" (31 x 44 cm). From the estate of Countess Michaela Almeida of Austria, Moondsee, Austria.
6000.00/8000.00 Sold $4,025.00