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.
6,000/8,000 Sold $4,025.00
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