ABRAHAM MANIEVICH (UKRAINIAN 1883-1942)

Self-Portrait, 1936
charcoal on paper
signed and dated lower left
68 x 54 cm (26 3/4 x 21 14 in.) [sight]

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Virginia

LITERATURE
Alan Pensler and Mimi Ginsberg, Abraham Manievich (New York: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research; Manchester: Hudson Hills Press, 2011), p. 143, pl. 84 (illustrated).

We are grateful to Alan Pensler for confirming the authenticity of this artwork.

CONDITION
Observed in frame, the work appears in good condition. Horizontal creasing visible to the sheet, most notably to the upper right edge and corner, and to the right edge extending towards the center, consistent with age.

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