Letter to Maria Mickiewiczówna with a drawing self-portrait of the artist bathing in the sea, Tadeusz Makowski 1882–1932, addressee: Maria Mickiewicz 1868–1952. Watercolor and manuscript letter, contains iconography: self-portrait, painter, painting accessories, portraits of artists, easel, bathing, sea. Dated upper left corner: 3 Sept. 1927. Place: Saint-Quentin-la-Motte-Croix-au-Bail. Height 17.5 cm, width 21.6 cm., A loose watercolor and ink sketch of a seaside scene showing a figure with dark hair and a dark top standing waist-deep in water, with soft washes of beige, tan, blue, green, and gray suggesting waves and horizon. A few birds fly above the water rendered in gray and brown tones, and a sailing vessel with dark sails appears near the horizon in muted brown and gray. In the foreground there is a small improvised structure or boat parts in brown and gray with a few scattered objects and stones in bluish-gray, and a couple of small birds on the sand in brown and red accents. T...
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Letter to Maria Mickiewiczówna with a drawing self-portrait of the artist bathing in the sea, Tadeusz Makowski 1882–1932, addressee: Maria Mickiewicz 1868–1952. Watercolor and manuscript letter, contains iconography: self-portrait, painter, painting accessories, portraits of artists, easel, bathing, sea. Dated upper left corner: 3 Sept. 1927. Place: Saint-Quentin-la-Motte-Croix-au-Bail. Height 17.5 cm, width 21.6 cm., A loose watercolor and ink sketch of a seaside scene showing a figure with dark hair and a dark top standing waist-deep in water, with soft washes of beige, tan, blue, green, and gray suggesting waves and horizon. A few birds fly above the water rendered in gray and brown tones, and a sailing vessel with dark sails appears near the horizon in muted brown and gray. In the foreground there is a small improvised structure or boat parts in brown and gray with a few scattered objects and stones in bluish-gray, and a couple of small birds on the sand in brown and red accents. The paper has a warm off-white background with visible fold lines and loose pencil or ink sketch marks throughout.

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Letter Maria Mickiewiczówna drawing self-portrait artist bathing sea Tadeusz Makowski 1882–1932 addressee Maria Mickiewicz 1868–1952 Watercolor manuscript letter contains iconography self-portrait painter painting accessories portraits artists easel bathing Dated upper left corner 3 Sept 1927 Place Saint-Quentin-la-Motte-Croix-au-Bail Height 17.5 cm width 21.6 cm loose watercolor ink sketch seaside scene showing figure dark hair dark top standing waist-deep water soft washes beige tan blue green gray suggesting waves horizon birds fly water rendered brown tones sailing vessel dark sails near muted brown foreground small improvised structure boat parts brown scattered objects stones bluish-gray couple small birds sand red accents paper warm off-white background visible fold lines loose pencil ink sketch marks .

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