Dimensions: 91.5 x 72 cm
signed and dated p.d.: 'Mané-Katz 31'
On the reverse, inscribed on the lower crochet: '1259. MANE KATZ. | 'SEATED BOY' '; gallery stamp; painting supplies store stamp 'Rex Art Supplies | 2263 S. W. 37th AVE | MIAMI FLORIDA' and inventory numbers
Origin
Sotheby's, London, March 1984
ElkaïmL'Isle-Adam,France, November 1986
Ader-Tajan, Paris, November 1993
MatsArt Auctioneers & Appraisers, Israel, December 2009
private collection, Poland
Biography
In 1911-12 he attended the Drawing School in Vilnius. He continued his artistic studies at the M. Murashka School of Painting in Kyiv. In 1913 he began his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under the direction of F. Cormon. In 1917, he took a position as a professor at the Kharkiv Art Institute. In 1921, traveling through Baku, Tiflis, Moscow, Minsk and Warsaw, he returned to Paris to become associated with the École de Paris circle. He presented his works in solo exhibitions at the Paris galleries Percier, Granoff, Brummer, Petit and Charpentier. From 1932 he belonged to the Polish Association of Jewish Painters and Sculptors. In 1928-37 he visited Palestine, Egypt, Syria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Lithuania. He spent the period of World War II in New York, and returned to Paris after its end. Mané-Katza drew the subjects of his paintings from the everyday life of Jews, depicting images of Hasidic Jews, scenes from the ghetto, symbolic compositions and landscapes. He also dabbled in sculpture - primarily creating small, cast figurines with Jewish themes.
