Eugeniusz Zak (1884 Mogilno - 1926 Paris), Head of a girl in profile, years 1915-1920

watercolor, pencil, crayon, 32 × 24 cm (light passe-partout)
Signed l. d.: "Eug. Zak"

Provenance:
- DA Agra Art Auction, 01.06.2008, cat. no. 79
- private collection, Poland

(...) Zak, fascinated by the work of Leonardo, but also Sander Botticelli, shaped his own type of portrait of a young woman, overwhelmed by melancholy - linear, static in the shot, with a refined, calm contour, delicate chiaroscuro modeling and cold, bright colors."
(B. Brus-Malinowska, "Eugeniusz Zak 1884-1926", Warsaw 2004, p. 48.)