Béla BIRKAS (1929-1973). Study of portraits of men, 1957. Sanguine and charcoal on tracing paper glued at the corners to cardboard, signed, dated and located "Holland U.S.A." top center (corners missing). Height 45.5 cm - Width 58 cm Also included: Two portraits of men, one charcoal on paper and one watercolor and pencil on paper heightened with felt, both taped at the corners to a cardboard sheet. Height 23 to 29 cm - Width: 17.5 to 18.5 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.