Földvári Books

Modernist Architecture

Molnár, József; Sartoris, Alberto

Építészeti vázlatkönyv. Tervek, modellek, szerkezetek, építmények. Alberto Sartoris tanulmányával. [Architectural Sketchbook. Plans, Models, Structures, Buildings. With an essay by Alberto Sartoris.]

(Budapest): “Építőművészek és mesterek” kiadása (Antiqua Nyomdai és Irodalmi Rt.), 1943. With several photographic reproduction. First edition. In original, photographically illustrated paper, printed in orange and black. (48) p. Slightly worn at extremities. Ownership entry on title page in pen. One page with missing. Otherwise a very good copy.

Richly illustrated brochure on modernist architecture.

József Molnár (1902–1983) was a Hungarian modernist architect, co-founder of "Congrès internationaux d'architecture moderne" (CIAM). He is also known for his theoretical books about Ottoman architecture in Hungary.

The foreword is by Molnar’s Italian colleague, Alberto Sartoris (1901–1998), who was also among the founders of CIAM, and known as the main theoretician of the Italian rationalist movement in architecture.

Some of the images in the brochure were taken by Olga Máté (1879–1965) the outstanding female photographer, one of the few women who achieved success in commercial photography in the prewar Hungary.

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Price: €800.00