FREUD]. SCHMTZER, Ferdinand (1870-1928), artist. Etching, a head and shoulders portrait of Freud, signed by the artist ("F. Schmtzer") in pencil and in the plate by Freud. Undated [ca. 1920-1926]. Plate: 355 x 272mm (13 7.8 x 11 in.), matted, glazed and framed. [ With :] SCHMTZER. Etching, a larger head and shoulders portrait of Freud. Undated. [probably printed posthumously by the artist's estate]. Plate: 595 x 445 mm (22 3.4 x 17 1/2 in.), matted and glazed in a giltwood frame. Two versions of a life portrait from a single sitting; the larger extending almost to the subject's waist and revealing additional details like a circular watch or medallion worn on Freud's vest. This version "was on display at Freud's house in Vienna, and was photographed there by Engelmann shortly before the Freud's left Vienna for London in 1938" (Norman). Stanford 79 & 80; Norman 170 & 171. (2)
FREUD]. SCHMTZER, Ferdinand (1870-1928), artist. Etching, a head and shoulders portrait of Freud, signed by the artist ("F. Schmtzer") in pencil and in the plate by Freud. Undated [ca. 1920-1926]. Plate: 355 x 272mm (13 7.8 x 11 in.), matted, glazed and framed. [ With :] SCHMTZER. Etching, a larger head and shoulders portrait of Freud. Undated. [probably printed posthumously by the artist's estate]. Plate: 595 x 445 mm (22 3.4 x 17 1/2 in.), matted and glazed in a giltwood frame. Two versions of a life portrait from a single sitting; the larger extending almost to the subject's waist and revealing additional details like a circular watch or medallion worn on Freud's vest. This version "was on display at Freud's house in Vienna, and was photographed there by Engelmann shortly before the Freud's left Vienna for London in 1938" (Norman). Stanford 79 & 80; Norman 170 & 171. (2)
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