An Early 20thC German School Portrait of a Lady by Albert Spethmann Dated to 1916 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope whose now inanimate gracious features

whose now inanimate gracious features defy his no doubt burly frame

A family in London once had a kitten named Ned and a parrot called Jack

75 inches / 7 cms

the drum head painted elephant grey and stenciled ‘Jazz Janot Brech’ in black and red with ‘Elie Dupeyrat Dordogne Musique & Intruments’ to one side and ‘Mimile Jazz’ to the other with a metal makers plaque reading ‘Musiques Intruments Chez Elie Dupeyrat à Savignac-d'Allemans Dordogne’ survives from the early twentieth century

As original as they come and a rare find too

An Early 20thC German School Portrait of a Lady by Albert Spethmann Dated to 1916 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope whose now inanimate gracious featuresOrigin: German Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1916 Height: 18 Width: 14. 75 The atmospheric bust length portrait of a nude lady, shown glancing to one side, against a pale pistachio lemon coloured ground, the whole presented unframed and painted by Albert Spethmann (Germany, 1894 1986) in 1916. The picture remains in nice decorative condition with some small paint fleck loss to the surface and with craquelure to the whole; please