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Property from a Private Collection, America

Eugène Zak

Le Prisonnier

Lot Closed

November 9, 02:24 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, America

Eugène Zak

Polish

1884 - 1926

Le Prisonnier


signed Eug. Zak lower right

oil on canvas

Unframed: 60.3 by 73.3cm., 23¾ by 28¾in.

Framed: 77 by 90cm., 30¼ by 35½in.

Galerie Zak, Paris
Spencer Kellog, Jr., Eden, New York, by 1928
Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, 29 September 1994, lot 80
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
H. Martinie, Eugène Zak, Der Cicerone, 1925, vol. 17, illustrated p. 651
F. Fels and P. Barchan, 'Eugene Zak', Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, 1925-1926, vol. 57, illustrated p. 380
S. Zahorska, 'The Last Interview [with Zak]', Sztuki Piękne, 1925-1926, illustrated p. 504
Barbara Brus-Malinowska, Eugeniusz Zak 1884-1926, Warsaw, 2004, p. 173, no. 253 (as The Young Man Against the Wall (Młodzieniec na tle muru))
Buffalo, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Paintings and Drawings by Eugeniusz Zak, Ceramics by Mika Mikoun, 1928, no. 4
New York, International Art Center of the Roerich Museum, 1930, no. 6