Zygmunt Menkes (1896 Lviv - 1986 Riverdale), Woman with a canary

oil, plywood, 40 × 32 cm
signed p. d.: "Menkes"

on the back a sticker from the Feist Frames factory in New York

"Looking closely at his paintings, one can see that underneath this outward coarseness there is a special sensitivity, for his canvases are made up of countless almost imperceptible touches of the brush; the colors sparkle like jewels, and combining, they form a final magnificent tonality."
"Sigmund Menkes 1896-1986," Riverdale, New York 1993, p. 19.