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Transylvanian Art-Nouveau

Toroczkai-Wigand, Ede

Cserényös házak. [Reed Huts.]

Budapest: Táltos, 1916. With eleven graphical initials printed in red. First edition. In original illustrated red cardboard wrappers. Bound with blue string. 29, (3) p. and 16 plates. Ownership inscription in pencil on half title. Wrappers somewhat chipped at extremities. Small damage to tail of spine. String sunned. Trace of a vignette on rear cover. Overall in very good condition.

First edition of Toroczkai-Wigand essay, wherein he gathers his knowledge on Transylvanian architecture and culture. Written in the dialect of the Székely Land and illustrated with sixteen full page illustration of architectural drawings in the unique Transylvanian Art Nouveau style.

Ede Toroczkai-Wigand (1869–1945) was a Hungarian architect and designer of decorative art. The thoughts of John Ruskin and the Arts and Crafts Movement had a major influence on him. Toroczkai-Wigand had the idea that art, architecture, folk customs and language is a complex structure and this complexity and “holism” reflecting in the unique character of his works.

Beside being a prolific architect and designer, who was awarded at many international exhibitions (Paris, 1900; Torino, 1902; St. Louis, 1904), Toroczkai-Wigand published bibliophilic books, partly on his art and partly about the art, architecture and the folk tales of the Székelys in Transylvania. In these publications he combined the content and the typography of the print into a special unity, in the manner of the unique Transylvanian Art Nouveau style.

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Price: €500.00