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The Estate of Lajos Vajda
… of paper with notes on them reflecting Vajda’s interests and thoughts behind his works. Among the photographs that comprise part of the estate, those that had served a starting point for some of his works, along with pictures of his siblings and his father’s family, are also of special significance. Beyond the photographs, manuscripts, and contemporary sources, the collection also includes documents relating to the reception history of Vajda’s art, such as exhibition invitations, exhibition …
György Tóth: Portraits (1985–1991)
Rudolf Balogh Prize-winning photographer György Tóth is a prominent figure of contemporary Hungarian photography. Over the last thirty years his signature slow shutter studies of the human body in motion have been the central component of his oeuvre. Before the 1990s, Tóth was still engaged in documentary photography. Portraits 1985–1991 is an important series from this period in several respects. He donated the …
Gyula Derkovits Fonds
… to the art of Gyula Derkovits (1894-1934) is rather diverse: manuscripts, printed materials, photographs, personal papers and relics provide an insight into the artist’s life and oeuvre. Among the manuscripts, some of Derkovits’s letters and a list of his paintings, drawings and etchings are of particular significance, as is the artist’s widow’s correspondence about him with others. Some of the letters preserved in the artist’s archives relate to the purchase of artworks (e.g. a …
László Moholy-Nagy documents from Levente Nagy's collection
… Nagy consistently collected all the letters, books, exhibition invitations, catalogues, and photographs that he could uncover relating to his uncle’s oeuvre and works. The collection includes correspondence between family members, original publications, and journals from the interwar decades, as well as catalogues of László Moholy-Nagy's solo exhibitions. Lucia Moholy-Nagy’s photographs of the performances of Madame Butterfly and the Tales of Hoffmann, presented at the Berlin …
ArtMargins’ Resonances Special Issue
… Image source: Petr Štembera: Connection (with Tom Marioni), 1975. Photomechanical reproduction on a card. László Beke Archive, Museum of Fine Arts-KEMKI. Image courtesy of Petr Štembera and KEMKI.