Lotte Laserstein (1898 Prussian-Holland - 1993 Kalmar/Sweden) Young woman sitting at a table, head resting in her hands Fleetingly captured depiction of a young woman with short hair, leaning her head in her hands and gazing thoughtfully at a sheet of paper on the table in front of her. Laserstein's sheet, captured with rapid brushstrokes and taken from a sketchbook, was probably created in the 1960s and can therefore be assigned to the artist's Swedish oeuvre. It is possibly a preparatory work for a portrait of the artist, who was a student of Leo von König and graduated with distinction from Erich Wolfsfeld in Berlin in 1927 as one of the first female graduates ever. Specializing in portraits in the New Objectivity style, her works, with which she participated in the academy exhibitions, among others, received great recognition. The artist preferred to depict young, modern women far removed from any kind of ladylike representation. Due to her Jewish descent, she emigrated to Sweden in 1937, where she first settled in Stockholm and from 1954 in Kalmar/Småland. Pencil drawing/velin (sketchbook). Signed and signed; 21 cm x 14.8 cm. Frame. Enclosed: Expertise by Dr. Anna-Carola Krausse, Berlin, February 2024. We would like to thank Dr. Krausse for the scientific information on this work, which is registered in the Lotte-Laserstein-Archiv Krausse, Berlin. Pencil on paper. Signed. The study is registered in the Lotte Laserstein archive Krausse and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity by Dr. Anna-Carola Krausse, Berlin 2024.