Béla BIRKAS (1929-1973). Portrait of a seated woman. Two charcoals on paper, one glued to the corners of a cardboard sheet, monogrammed lower right (small tears, pitting and folds). Height 57.5 to 61 cm - Width: 43 to 45.5 cm Also included: Portrait of a woman with glasses. Charcoal on paper. Height : 42.5 cm - Width : 53.5 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.