Lajos Kassák (1887-1967)
Lot 205

Lajos Kassák (1887-1967)

Composition

Closed28 February 2018

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GBP 6,250

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Lajos Kassák (1887-1967)
Composition
signed 'Kassák' (lower right)
gouache on paper
12 1/8 x 8 3/4 in. (31 x 22 cm.)
Executed in the 1960s

Árpád Mezei, Budapest & Connecticut.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 3 November 1978, lot 349.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

The experts of the Kassák Museum, Budapest, have confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Composition originally belonged to Árpád Mezei, a Hungarian psychologist, philosopher and art historian who has pioneered surrealist art philosophy with works such as Histoire de la Peinture Surréaliste (Paris, 1959) or Genèse de la pensée moderne (Paris, 1950).