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Provenance
Private collection, Cincinnati.
Exhibited
Budapest, Nemzeti Szalon, Exhibition of Works by László Fülöp, April 1907, no. 24.
Literature
Pester Lloyd, 24 November 1901, p. 7.
The present painting is recorded under number 9059 in the Catalogue Raisonné of Works by Philip de László being compiled by Sandra de László and The de László Archive Trust (www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com).
Dr. Sámuel Egerer was a surgeon from Bohemia, which may explain why the artist chose to emphasize his hands against the dark background. It is presumed that his son, Gedeon Egerer, was an art dealer who knew de László very well and collected his paintings. Six of these paintings were exhibited alongside the present picture at the Nemzeti Szalon Exhibition of 1907 in Budapest.