The ex-libris shows a woman's head with long hair in front of a starry sky, framed in art nouveau style. Text below: "EX LIBRIS BETTY VAN ESSO". Signature in the picture, below center printed: "ERICH SCHÜTZ". On the back was written in pencil: "Erich Schütz Wien" and "1349/115".
Provenance
Owner, Betty van Esso, antisemitically persecuted, death in Bergen-Belsen on March 1, 1945. Gap in provenance. Purchased in 1988 for the Municipal Collection of auction house Dietrich Schneider-Henn from auction 3333, cat. No. 1349.
