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Tue, Oct 4, 2022 01:00PM EDT - Thu, Oct 13, 2022 03:00PM EDT
Lot 154

Lajos Kassak, Attributed: Komposition

Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500

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Lajos Kassak (Hungarian, 1887 - 1967) Attributed: Komposition. Gouache on paper mounted to mat board, initialed lower left, professionally framed. This item is being sold accompanied by sales receipts from 2012.

Lajos Kassak was a Hungarian poet, novelist, painter, essayist, editor, theoretician of the avant-garde, and occasional translator. He was among the first genuine working-class writers in Hungarian literature.

21.25 x 20 inches framed; 10.75 x 9.5 inches sight.

Private collection, Austria; Grogan & Company, Boston, 2012; Acquired from Eastbourne Auctions, United Kingdom, 2012; Private collection, Massachusetts.

Condition

Excellent condition; no notable flaws.

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