I need a help with this Art....

[powerofreading]

I hope the images are clear, if not let me know. 

[Anonymous]

Blurry. Also, try getting close-ups of just the writing.

[maxine*j]

Don't know if this helps, or not...

[argon38]

I can make nothing of it. Are there any watermarks? Any marks or labels on the back?

[maxine*j]

I think the date is 1933, but I don't recognize the language.

[melda58]

OP  - do you have any idea what language this could be,  based maybe on how you acquired it?  It looks to me like it could be eastern european.  

Rita

[powerofreading]

Here are more images, nothing in the back and I also can't recognize the language and yes the date is 1933.  Thank you 

[melda58]

I think it might be Hungarian.  I read the name as Bako Laci - then Baratomnak which according to Google translate means "friend."  

Rita

[argon38]

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@melda58 wrote:

I think it might be Hungarian.  I read the name as Bako Laci - then Baratomnak which according to Google translate means "friend."  

Rita

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That's it! Barátom is the word for friend, barát, with the possessive ending (= my friend). Barátomnak is the dative inflection of the possessive ending (=to my friend). So your reading makes absolutely perfect sense.

[argon38]

Also, I see that Laci is a "diminutive of the male given name László":

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Laci#Hungarian 

That makes sense too, because Hungarian names are written with the family name first, followed by the given name. Great work, Rita.

[melda58]

Thank you argon.   I didn't know that about Hungarian names, so thanks for that information too.  I guess the other writing is the location.  

Rita

[powerofreading]

Thank you for your help and info, but I think after the date is Artist Signature? What do you think? 

[argon38]

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@powerofreading wrote:

Thank you for your help and info, but I think after the date is Artist Signature? What do you think? 

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I've been playing around with some Hungarian names. For example, there's a soccer player named Zsolt Laczkó (in Hungarian: Laczkó Zsolt) - I can imagine it saying something similar to that.

[melda58]

Yes could be, and the first line could be the title of the work except it seems that Laci - short-for-Lazlo - is a man's name and the subject of the work is clearly a woman.    Someone who reads Hungarian would be better able to help you.  

Rita

[powerofreading]

Thank you I will try to find someone who can read Hungarian and let you know. 

Anait