Medallion depicts Gluck (right) with Nesta Obermer. A dual portrait of Gluck and Gluck's lover Nesta Obermer, inspired by a night in 1936 when they attended a Fritz Busch production of Mozart's Don Giovanni. According to Gluck's biographer Diana Souhami, "They sat in the third row and she felt the intensity of the music fused them into one person and matched their love." Gluck referred to it as the "YouWe" picture. It was later used as the cover of a Virago Press edition of The Well of Loneliness. Gluck also had a romantic relationship with the British floral designer Constance Spry, whose work informed the artist's paintings. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluck_(painter)) Gluck celebrated her intense love affair and 'marriage' with the American socialite, Nesta Obermer, in this work... it consoled her through long periods apart while her lover traveled the world with her wealthy husband. More: http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/gluck-hannah-gluckstein-1895-1978-73-c-c1782d8000)