JOSEPH KLEITSCH (Hungary/California, 1882-1931). IMPRESSIONISTIC PORTRAIT STUDY OF A MAN, signed, located "Chicago" and dated 1918 lower right and stamped on reverse, ''Kleitsch.''. Oil on canvas
Click here to view supplemental information for this lot. - Framed, 28 ¼ in. x 33 ¾ in. Estimate $75,000-150,000
Also, stamped on reverse, ''Kleitsch' and inscribed on reverse ''59 E. Van Buren/Chicago Ill.,'' which was one of Kleitsch's residential addresses while in Chicago, immediately before he went to California.
The man is dressed in a blue robe amidst and embedded in an Impressionistic bevy, indeed, a sea of bright multi-colored pastel flowers in a garden.
