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  • The remaining sketchbooks and sketches of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky
  • Sketchbooks and preparatory sketches of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky
  • Loose sketches by Marie-Louise von Motesiczky

The remaining sketchbooks and sketches of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky

1920s–1990s

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Available online are Marie-Louise von Motesiczky's sketches, sketchbooks, framed items and drawings on canvases. Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.

Collection Owner
Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky 1906–1996
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented by the Trustees of the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust, 2019
Reference
TGA 20204

365 objects in this collection

  • The remaining sketchbooks and sketches of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky

    365 Objects

    • Sketchbooks and preparatory sketches of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky

      365 Objects

      • Sketchbooks of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky

        30 Objects

      • Loose sketches by Marie-Louise von Motesiczky

        325 Objects

      • Framed drawings by Marie-Louise von Motesiczky

        7 Objects

      • Drawings on canvas by Marie-Louise von Motesiczky

        3 Objects

Title
Loose sketches by Marie-Louise von Motesiczky
Date
1920s–1990s
Description
Contains loose sketches dated from between 1920-1990s, with titles given by the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Trust. The sketches are mostly studies of still lifes, sketches of landscapes, portraits of her friends including of Elias Canetti and Mitzi, a few self-portraits, sketches of figures performing various activities and many studies of her mother Henriette von Motesiczky. Some of her sketches have been mounted by the Charitable Trust and some of the drawings have been included in 'Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky: Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings' by Ines Schlenker, 2009.
Reference
TGA 20204/1/2

Showing 61–80 of 325 objects

Sketch titled ‘Head of a Girl with Short Hair and Toothy Smile’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketch titled ‘Bust of a Girl Leaning on her Left Arm’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketch titled ‘Head of a Girl’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketch titled ‘Seated Nude, Half-Length with Left Arm Resting on Chair Back’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketches titled ‘Man with Green Scarf [John Sandmeyer]’ and ‘Mitzi’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
1975

Sketch titled ‘Seated Girl, Hand in Front of Mouth’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketch titled ‘Head of a Woman in Profile’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketch titled ‘Head and Neck of a Woman’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketch titled ‘Head and Shoulders of a Girl with her Hair in a Bun’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketch titled ‘Head and Neck of a Woman’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketch titled ‘Head of a Girl with Long Hair, Leaning Forward’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketch titled ‘Head of a Boy’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketch titled ‘Reclining Nude, Left Arm Resting on Arm of Chair’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketch titled ‘Seated Girl, Hand in Front of Mouth’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketch titled ‘Clothed Woman Reclining’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketch titled ‘Bust of Woman, Hand on Chin [Joelle Osias]’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketch titled ‘Head and Neck of a Woman [Front View]’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketch titled ‘Head and Neck of Joelle Osias’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketch titled ‘Head of a Woman’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known

Sketch titled ‘Portrait of Odile Margaux’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
c.1993
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