Itzchak Tarkay (1935-2012) - "Disregarding"

Itzchak Tarkay was born in 1935 into a Jewish family from Subotica, in Serbia. In 1944, he was captured by the Nazis with his entire family and deported to the Mauthausen concentration camp. Having miraculously escaped a death that was almost certain, and liberated the following year by the Allies, the family settled in Israel, where the young artist worked for some time in a kibbutz. After his military service, he settled in Tel Aviv, where his first exhibition in 1956 was a resounding success. He was already known on the international scene when he made his breakthrough in the United States during the International Artexpo in New York in 1986. He worked in America until his death in 2012, at the age of 77.
Although the prologue to his existence was particularly traumatic, Itzhak Tarkay is a painter of joy and pleasure. Everything is luxury and voluptuousness in these sumptuous salons and refined cafés where elegant and languid ladies spend peaceful afternoons: this is the painter’s favorite theme, who remains faithful to figurative painting, in an era dominated by abstraction. The influence of the French Post-Impressionists, notably Toulouse-Lautrec and Matisse, is manifested in the choice of vivid colors, the pose of the models, the richness of the fabrics, the Fauvist style of landscapes or the blue of the sea glimpsed in the background.
The painting presented here is titled "Disregarding," a title that underscores the diverted, distant, perhaps somewhat sulky gaze of the main figure. The certificate of authenticity specifies that it is an original unsigned lithograph (However, Tarkay's known signature is clearly visible in the bottom right!). This print, numbered on the bottom left, bears the number 2 out of a total of 99. It is sold framed and under glass (frame dimensions: 30x42 cm). It is accompanied by its certificate of authenticity, and is in excellent condition: no unwanted marks!