"Petra"
Signed Lotte Laserstein. Probably executed in the late 1930s. Oil on paper 24 x 31 cm.
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.
Himmelsberga Ölands museum, "Vi målade på Öland", 30 May - 30 August 2009.
The tender and sensitive portraits of children show Laserstein's skill as a draughtsman. Among the children depicted here is little Petra, the daughter of the artist's favourite model in Sweden, Madeleine "Dete" Jaraczewsky.