Portrait of the singer Margit Angerer (aka Margit Schenker-Angerer) in the role of Octavian from the opera Der Rosenkavalier. Signed "HBouvard" and dated "1932" top right.
Provenance
Property of the artist Hugo von Bouvard until 12 April 1943 (though consigned by the artist for storage to E. Bäuml & Söhne, Vienna, 13 March 1938); stored with the rest of the contents of Bouvard's apartment in Vienna after his emigration to Great Britain, 1938; consigned by VUGESTA from Bäuml to Dorotheum (auction house, Vienna) on 12 April 1943; unsold and thereafter whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Künstlerhaus Katalog 53.Jahresaustellung und Österreichische Bildniskunst der Gegenwart, Mai-September 1932, Kat.120; Bundesdenkmalamt, Vienna_K32/1_Bouvard, Hugo; Bundesdenkmalamt; Vienna_K554_Gesamtverzeichnis_Bouvard, 12; Bundesdenkmalamt, Vienna_Dorotheum, Hugo Bouvard VUGESTA-Beschlagnahme, Versteigerungskonsignation Nr. 1869.
