Lot 115
  • 115

Lajos Kassák

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Lajos Kassák
  • Composition
  • signed L. Kassak, dated 21 and inscribed Wien (lower left)
  • gouache on paper
  • 31 by 28.5cm., 12¼ by 11¼in.

Provenance

Klára Kassák (wife of the artist)
Carl Laszlo (a gift from the above)
Galerie von Bartha, Basel
Acquired from the above by the late owner

Exhibited

Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, L'Art en Hongrie, 1980-81, no. 10

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and hinged to the mount in two places along the left edge. There are artists pinholes and diagonal creases to all four corners. There is some minor staining to the extreme edges, not visible when framed. Otherwise this work is in overall good condition.
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