Profile portrait.

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 382
LAKOS, ALFRED.

Profile portrait.

Oil on canvas. Signed by artist upper right. Finely framed. 15.5 x 11.5 inches.

Hungarian, (1870-1961):

Est: $2,000 - $2,500
A contemporary of Isidor Kaufmann, Lakos’s approach to his Jewish subjects was one of respect, seeking to emphasize the nobility of the Jewish people in art. For this, his impressionistic, naturalistic style was well suited. Provenance: Sotheby’s Tel Aviv, April 15th, 1998, Lot 281.