Portrait of an Unknown Girl (Marsha)

Description:
Portrait of a fair-haired girl about four years old in a blue dress with a blue bonnet, with red ribbon in her hair, against a background of green trees, pastel on paper 28″ x 23″, signed and dated lower left recto, ‘A. Muller-Ury 1896’. Label on back says ‘Marsha’.

Provenance:
Sale, Rago Arts and Auction Center, 333 North Main Street, Lambertville, NJ 08530, USA, March 22, 2014, Lot 259, Est: $700-1000. Consigned from a private collection in Pennsylvania. Unsold.
Sale, Rago Arts and Auction Center, 333 North Main Street, Lambertville, NJ 08530, USA, September 13, 2014, Lot 1283, Est: $600-800. Sold $200.