MIHALY BIRO (1886-1948)
161
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A POKOL. 1918.
37
1
/
4
x24 inches, 125
3
/
4
x61 cm. Kultura, Budapest.
Condition B+: tears and repaired tears at edges;
creases, minor abrasions and light offsetting in image;
vertical and horizontal folds. Paper.
Advertising a Hungarian production of Henri
Barbusse’s
l’Enfer
, which was originally published
in 1908. Biro / Plakat Kunstler 91.
[1,200/1,800]
LAJOS SZANTO (1889-1965)
162
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MEYRINK - WALPURGIS EJ. Circa
1918.
37
1
/
4
x24
3
/
4
inches, 94
1
/
4
x63 cm. Lengyel, Budapest.
Condition B+: minor tears in margins and image;
creases and folds in margins; vertical and horizontal
folds; ink notations in lower right corner on recto and
verso. Paper.
For the publication of Gustav Meyrink’s
Walpurgis
Night
. The poster mentions Meyrink’s previous
novel,
The Golem
. The same image was used on the
book’s cover.
[1,500/2,000]
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