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The unidentified portrait that is the subject of our reader's letter.

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I assume it is a self-portrait of the artist.

I have contacted museums, auction houses, curators, galleries etc in Europe without success – all agree it is a very striking image. My feeling is (based on the hairstyle) that it is from the Weimar period.

Paul (Lancashire)