Földvári Books

Modern Hungarian Dance - A Photobook

[Nagy, Etel]

Egy magyar táncosnö. Nagy Etel emléke. / Egy magyar táncosnő. Nagy Etel emléke. [A Hungarian Dancer. Memory of Etel Nagy.]

Budapest: Cserépfalvi, 1940. Photographs and typography by Lajos Lengyel. First edition. In original half cloth. With the rare photographically illustrated dust jacket. 60, (6) p., 9 plates (16 photographs). The book is in fine condition. / Dust jacket chipped on front at upper edges, and teared on the rear, otherwise fine.

Contains four essays and two poems about the recently died dancer and three theoretical writings of her.

Etel Nagy (1907–1939) was a pioneer of modern dance in Hungary. She was Lajos Kassák’s adopted daughter. Studied at Gertrud Kraus’ school in Vienna. Later she opened her own school in Budapest.

Lajos Lengyel (1904–1978) graphic artist, typographer and photographer. In his early years he was involved in the modernist movements, member of Kassák’s Munka-Circle. As typographer he won the Gutenberg-prize in 1965.

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Price: €800.00