Laundress standing at the washtub, 1922

Oil on wood. Painting in black frame. Signed and dated 1922. On the reverse, in handwriting: '634/7701'

Sixth report on restitution, Vienna November 15, 2005 (p. 273): 'Concerning the acquisitions of the municipal collections from the Dorotheum, from the art trade and from antiques' dealers as well as donations from public institutions, the Viennese Commission on Restitution in its meeting on 27 October 2004 has come to the conclusion that if the sole indication of a possible expropriation is a date of the acquisition between 13 March 1938 and 8 May 1945, this is not alone sufficient to justify an item's restitution. However, these acquisitions and donations cannot be considered as safe (as they possibly involve items expropriated from anonymous victims).'Eight report on restitution, Vienna February 1, 2008 (p. 57): ‘In the session of 12 December 2006, the Restitution Commission Vienna considered the facts of the seizure and the eligibility of the heir to have been sufficiently proved and unanimously recommended the transfer of the pen and ink drawing by Sigmund Walter Hampel and the oil painting by Franz Windhager to the niece of Leopold Weinstein. Both objects were transferred to the heirs on October 22, 2007.’