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Nicholas Sternberg (1901-1960)
Japanese, 1931
pen and ink drawing
55x34cm
Signed and dated 1931 lower left
Born in Hungary in 1901, active in Munich then very quickly in Paris, Influenced by the expressionist movement, prolific and brilliant illustrator, painter and draftsman, he exhibited at the Galerie Georges Petit in 1929. In the exhibition catalog, André Warnod does not hesitate to evoke the spirits of Dürer, Rops or Bearsley to characterize his line and his inspiration.
Ref: FWA2H8FJ74