Béla BIRKAS (1929-1973). Study for a Portrait of a Man, 1957. Charcoal on tracing paper pasted at the corners to cardboard, signed, dated and located "Kent. U.S.A." upper right (pitting, small tear). Height 55 cm - Width 44 cm Also included: - Portrait study of a man. Sanguine on tracing paper taped at the corners to paper (small tears). Height : 60 cm : 60 cm - Width : 47 cm Cubist-style portrait. Sanguine and charcoal on paper, monogrammed lower right (tears, stains). Height : 61 cm - Width : 45.5 cm Provenance: Artist's studio Note: Béla Birkàs moved to the United States for academic training on a scholarship to Kent State University in Ohio, where he won a drawing prize in 1957. A student at the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston, he continued his figurative career until the late '50s. It is to this period that we can attribute the production of most of his charcoals and sanguines on paper.