An Early 20thC German School Portrait of a Lady by Albert Spethmann Dated to 1916 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Cullingford’s) with no decoration to

Cullingford’s) with no decoration to distract from the specimens

whose now inanimate gracious features defy his no doubt burly frame

They both have surface dis-colouration with lichen and moss forms having been placed outside at some point in time

the whole surviving from late nineteenth century France

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 Cullingford’s) with no decoration toOrigin: 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