Erdei Viktor (2 results)

Only edition. Numbered (43/180). Text in German and Hungarian. The plates are printed on Japanese paper. In half cloth folder with lithograph title vignette. Ornamented inner papers printed in silver. 8 pages and 14 plates. Viktor Erdei (Epstein; 18791945) was a Jewish-Hungarian painter, graphic artist and sculptor. His master was Simon Hollósy, painter who is considered one of the greatest Hungarian representatives of the 19th century Naturalism and Realism, founder of the Nagybánya Artists' Colony which was the cradle of modern Hungarian painting. Erdei was member of the Nagybánya circle. He also studied in Munich and Paris. Since 1924 lived in Nagysz?l?s (now in Ukraine, ??????????) and studied the customs and traditions of the local Jewish community. He organized an exhibition of his related drawings in Budapest in 1934. Erdei survived the Holocaust in the Ghetto of Budapest, but a few months after the liberation died in March, 1945. These fourteen graphics of this portfolio have a transcendent atmosphere with the impression of Art Nouveau. . In half cloth folder with lithograph title vignette. Ornamented inner papers printed in silver Only edition. Numbered (43/180). Text in German and Hungarian. The plates are printed on Japanese paper.

Front cover and 8 illustrations by Viktor Erdei. (illustrator). First edition. Front cover and 8 illustrations by Viktor Erdei. First edition. In publisher's illustrated cardboard. 173, (3) p. Illustrated book of novels. Révész's semi-autobiographical short stories, with allusion to Beethoven's life. With illustrations by Viktor Erdei (18791945) the Hungarian painter, graphic artist and sculptor, member of the Nagybánya circle. Béla Révész (18761944) was a Hungarian Expressionist writer, and journalist. . Ownership inscription and notes in pencil on title page. In publisher's illustrated cardboard.