Caption

Letter to Maria Mickiewiczówna with the drawing lundi apres l'operation Makowski lying in bed with his head tied up, next to him — on a chair — a crying dog Malina, Tadeusz Makowski 1882–1932 author/illustrator; addressee: Maria Mickiewicz 1868–1952. Subjects and motifs: landscapes, portraits, portraits of artists, situational portraits, dogs, painters, illnesses, self-portraits; iconography related to Tadeusz Makowski. Date: ca. 1920. Object type: letter, manuscript, drawing. Dimensions: height 27.0 cm, width 20.9 cm., A simple ink sketch on a light beige sheet showing a loosely drawn scene with several figures and objects. A person reclines on a bed or couch on the left side, their head wrapped or covered, with a visible face turned toward the viewer and an arm extended. To the right, a seated dog with a shaggy outline sits on a bed frame drawn with curved headboard posts. Below and slightly left of center, a rounded instrument resembling a violin rests on the floor leaning against a chair or table leg. A small table with a plate and a bottle is sketched at left near the foot of the bed. The drawing is composed of thin brownish-black ink lines with areas of denser hatching, and the paper shows faint fold lines and a few small spots.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A06_426

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Keywords

Letter Maria Mickiewiczówna drawing lundi apres l'operation Makowski lying bed head tied up next chair crying dog Malina Tadeusz Makowski 1882–1932 author illustrator addressee Maria Mickiewicz 1868–1952 Subjects motifs landscapes portraits artists situational portraits dogs painters illnesses self-portraits iconography related Tadeusz Makowski Date ca 1920 Object type letter manuscript drawing Dimensions height 27.0 cm width 20.9 cm simple ink sketch light beige sheet showing loosely drawn scene several figures objects person reclines couch left side head wrapped covered visible face turned viewer arm extended right seated dog shaggy outline sits bed frame drawn curved headboard posts slightly left center rounded instrument resembling violin rests floor leaning table leg small table plate bottle sketched left near foot composed thin brownish-black ink lines areas denser hatching paper faint fold lines small spots.