MARCEL VERTES (1895-1961)
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U. J. HIREK. Circa 1915.
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inches, 94
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x125
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cm. Rado, Budapest.
Condition A / B+: minor tears at edges; creases
in margins and image; offsetting in image; ink
notation on verso showing through; ink notation
in lower right corner; vertical and horizontal
folds. Paper.
Hungarian-born Vertes worked in Budapest as
an illustrator and poster designer until he was
drafted into service during the First World War.
He moved to Paris in the 1920s and then to the
United States right before the Second World
War.
Uj Hirek
[New Headlines] was a prominent
Hungarian newspaper.
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