30 45 KALMENOFF, MATTHEW. The Hebrew Scholar. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated by the artist in red lower right. Framed. 31.5 x 36.5 inches (80 x 92.7 cm). 1932. $6000-8000 ❧ An uncommon subject-matter for the American-born Mathew Kalmenoff (1905-86). Set in a domestic setting, the Expressionistically painted style suitably conveys the intensity of the subject’s engrossed devotion to the text before him. 46 (SOLOV EITCHIK , CH A IM / Reb Chaim Brisker?) Half-length portrait. Charcoal. Unsigned. Framed. 11.5 x 17 inches (29 x 42 cm). Early 20th-century. $500-700