Lot 10: The Two Sisters

KAETE EPHRAIM MARCUS (1892 - 1970)
The Two Sisters
signed twice with initials and indistinctly dated 'K.E.M.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 x 22½ in. (71 x 57 cm.)
Painted in 1927

Tel Aviv, Museum of Art, Kaete Ephraim Marcus, August 1997, p. 135, no. 15 (illustrated p. 71).

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

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Kaete Ephraim Marcus studied art in Germany with Lovis Corinth and Max Beckmann. The latter's influence is particularly evident in her works of the 1920s and 1930s. She is best known for her portrait studies and intimate views of women and children, which she depicted with great sensitivity, capturing the emotional tensions and moods of the sitters.