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Title The Embroiderer (A Study of a Woman)
Artist Maurice Vagh Weinmann, signed Lower Left
Date 19th. Century.
Medium Oil on Canvas
Condition Some cracking with slight damage
Size [Metric] 62 x 53 cm . With Frame:82.5 x 71 cm.
Size [Imperial] 25 x 21 in. With Frame: 32.5 x 28.5 in.
Price £4,800


This is one painting to which the colours in my photographs do not do justice. It is a striking piece.

Maurice Vagh Weinman

Maurice Vagh Weinmann was born in Budapest in 1899 and died in Paris in 1986. His works are in museums in Agen, Grenoble and Toulouse.

Ex Getty Collection. Paul Getty bought this painting in 1959 from Galerie Charpentier. In 1971 he donated it to the Getty Museum where it remained until 1978 when it was de-commissioned as it was no longer considered to be of museum quality.