Lempertz · Lot 138
Bildarchitektur
Tusche auf elfenbeinfarbenem Velin
Auction date : 2023-12-02
Published result : 9450 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 8000
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Lajos Kassák
Born : 1887Died : 1967Documented citizenships : Hungary
Self-taught, Lajos Kassák turned to avant-garde movements and identified himself as a proletarian artist, a position he upheld throughout his life. In 1909, while working as a labourer and aspiring poet, he set out on foot from Budapest to Paris, with the sculptor Gödrös and, among his travelling companions, Emil Szittya. His activities also extended to periodicals: he founded Tett in 1915, Ma in 1916 and Munka in 1926.
He transformed this journey into literary material in Vagabondages, an account forming part of a broader autobiographical cycle. Published in Budapest in 1927, the book appeared in France with Corvina in 1972 and was later republished by Séguier. The writing recounts episodes of violence and surprise, as well as the images and comic situations of the journey. His other publications include Épopée sous le masque de Wagner (Eposz Wagner maszkjában), published in 1915, and La Vie d’un homme (Egy ember élete), an autobiographical account published in 1937 and covering the period 1928–1937. Amour, amour (Szerelem, szerelem) and Feuilles de chêne (Mesterek köszöntése) were both published in 1962.
The Germann Auktionshaus catalogue also describes a composition attributed to Kassák as a collage and mixed media on paper, signed and measuring 395 × 390 mm; the lot sold for CHF 4,200 excluding fees. He received the Baumgarten Prize in 1947 and the Kossuth Prize in 1965.
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Documented auction references
8auction references
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1documented result with a price
Germann · Lempertz · Piguet · Genève Enchères
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Works recorded at auction
Piguet
Geometric composition
Ink on paper
Original catalogue wording
Composition géométrique
encre sur papier
Catalogue period : 2022-06-01 — 2022-06-15
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Germann
Composition
Collage and mixed media on paper
Original catalogue wording
Komposition
Collage und Mischtechnik auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Germann
Sordino, 1962
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Sordino, 1962
Öl auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Germann
Composition
Collage and mixed media on paper
Original catalogue wording
Komposition
Collage und Mischtechnik auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Germann
Composition
Gouache auf bräunlichem Papier.
Original catalogue wording
Komposition
Gouache auf bräunlichem Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Germann
Bleu, 1962
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Bleu, 1962
Öl auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Genève Enchères · Lot 55
In the manner of Lajos Kássak — Pair of abstract compositions
Pair of gouaches on cardboard
Original catalogue wording
Dans le goût de Lajos Kássak — Paire de compositions abstraites
Paire de gouaches sur carton
Dans le goût de — signatures apocryphes — lot groupé, prix global
Catalogue period : 2018-09-18
In the manner of — apocryphal signatures — grouped lot, total price
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 500–800
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