Lot 188. Eugene Zak 1884 – 1926. Young Woman’s Head, signed Eug. Zak (lower right), oil on canvas, 46 by 38 cm. 18¼ by 15 in. Provenance: Mrs Chester Dale. Gifted to the Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Texas, in 1963. Their sale, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts Deaccession Auction, Butterfield’s, on the premises at Dallas Museum of Fine Art, 19 November 1983, lot 178. Sacks Fine Art, New York. Lipert Gallery, New York. Purchased from the above by the parents of the present owner in 1985. Literature: Arthur Tanikowski, Eugene Zak, Sejny, 2003, no. 85, pp. 96 (illustrated) & 183 (catalogued). Exhibited: Warsaw, National Museum of Warsaw, Eugene Zak, 2004, no. 182, p. 147. Estimate 20,000 – 30,000 euro. Sotheby’s. 11/13/24. Sold 32,000 euro
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Lot 187. Eugen Zak 1884 – 1926. Boy Sitting under a Tree, signed Eug. Zak (lower right), oil on paper mounted on board, 47 by 38 cm. 18½ by 15 in. Executed in 1921. Provenance: Lipert Gallery, New York, Purchased from the above by the parents of the present owner in 1994. Literature: Arthur Tanikowski, Eugene Zak, Sejny, 2003, no. 134, pp. 131 (illustrated) & 187 (catalogued), Exhibited: Warsaw, National Museum of Warsaw, Eugene Zak, 2004, p. 144, no. 173. Estimate 30,000 – 50,000 euro. Sotheby’s. 11/13/24. Sold 32,000 euro