Bidspirit auction | S. Bunčić, A Pair of

S. Bunčić, A Pair of Sanguine Chalk Portrait Drawings, 1985 - A pair of academic portrait drawings executed in sanguine chalk on toned wove paper. The works comprise head-and-shoulder studies, one depicting a man in three-quarter view and the other a woman in a near-frontal pose, with particular detail given to her curled hair. The drawings are presented in matching dark wood-effect frames with gilded inner slips and white mounts. The portrait of the man is signed and inscribed in cursive in the lower right S. Bunčić / Dubrovnik. The portrait of the woman is signed, dated, and inscribed in cursive in the centre-right S Bunčić 85 / Dubrovnik. Both items bear orange adhesive labels reading 233, and the man's portrait has an additional white adhesive label reading 7.