Béla BIRKAS (1929-1973). Portrait of a Man, 1957. Charcoal on tracing paper pasted at the corners to cardboard, signed, dated and located "Kent. U.S.A." lower right. Height 37 cm - Width 28.5 cm Also included: Portrait study. Sanguine on tracing paper taped at the corners to a cardboard sheet, signed, dated and located "Kent." upper right. Sight size : Height. 39 cm - Width 29 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.