Földvári Books

Signed Expressionist Engravings

Cselényi Walleshausen, Zsigmond

Este. Hat ólommetszet. [Evening. Six Engravings.]

Budapest: (N. p.), 1932. First edition. In original illustrated folder. 6 signed plates. Folder restored. Plates in good condition, one with yellow stain, no effect on the image.

This publication contains six engravings (Winter Night, Night at Lake Balaton, Night at the Puszta (Plain), Budapest by Night, Paris by Night, Christmas Eve) all signed by the artist.

Zsigmond (Sigismond, Sigismund Anton) Cselényi Walleshausen (1887 or 1888 – after 1957) was a Hungarian Expressionist painter, graphic artist, author and puppeteer. Studied painting in Budapest and Paris. Participated in numerous exhibitions all over Europe, among them at the Wiener Salon in 1920 and at Belvederé in 1922. He was involved in the modernist and avant-garde movements, associated with the “KÚT” (Képzőművészek Új Társasága [New Society of Artist]), published his articles in the periodical of “KÚT” and in Tivadar Raith’s “Magyar Írás”. In the 1930s Walleshausen moved to Paris and worked at Géza Blattner’s renowned avant-garde puppet theater, the “Arc-en-Ciel”.

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Price: €900.00