Description:

Eugène de Sala, drawing.
Art deco portrait drawing executed on paper with bold line work and cross-hatched shading that adds depth to the composition. The portrait depicts a stylised male figure with round glasses rendered in a modernist graphic style characteristic of avant-garde drawing from the 1930s. Signed in pencil lower right.

Material: Paper, drawing.
Dimensions: Visual size 27 × 20 cm.
Period: 1930s.
Condition: In excellent condition with minor signs of handling.

Bio:
Eugène de Sala (1899–1987), born Osvald Lykkeberg Salomonsen in Randers, was a Danish self-taught painter and graphic artist often regarded as one of the pioneers of avant-garde art in Denmark. During the 1920s and 1930s he introduced international modernist trends inspired by artistic circles in Paris and Berlin, including cubism, dada and surrealist tendencies. De Sala became known for his provocative artistic persona and his challenge to the established Danish art scene. After a period of relative obscurity, interest in his work revived in the 1970s, and today his works are represented in collections including the National Gallery of Denmark (Statens Museum for Kunst).