624 Lehnchen

In terms of her Will Irma Stern bequeathed her entire collection to the Trustees of the Irma Stern Trust. The Trustees were instructed to make a core selection from her artworks and personal collection and to arrange for this collection to be housed and displayed. After her death in 1966 the first trustee, Professor J du P Scholtz, selected the Irma Stern Trust Collection which is housed in the Irma Stern Museum. Since the museum opened to the public in 1972the collection has increased through donations, bequests, loans and purchases of Irma Stern’s work. The Irma Stern Trust purchased this painting from J. Meyer, Irma Stern's cousin in 1984. According to Meyer  Irma's mother Henny and my mother Grete were sisters, so Irma, as a teenager, whilst on a visit to our country residence at Einbeck, Germany during great war did paint this picture