Accession Nr.: 94.44.1
Artist/Maker:
Falus, Elek (1884 - 1950) / designer
Place of production: Budapest
Inscription: FALUS E.
Materials: paper
Dimensions:
width: 12,5 cm
length: 19,4 cm
thickness: 1,4 cm
weight: 234 g
The front board is bordered by a broad, black stripe with a zigzag edge on the inside. The series title appears on the inside field, at the top : A NYUGAT KÖNYVEI. Below, there is a rectangular field of thick twined foliage with leaves, bellflowers and birds, printed in orange and blue, contoured with black. The blue medallion of the centre depicts the four-lobed emblem of the NYUGAT publishing house. Below the ornamental field, the designer's mark appears at the bottom: FALUS E., The spine bears the title the back board has no decoration. The blue background of the endpaper is filled with small, white, tulip-like flowers and heart-shaped green leaves, starting from the side along the central axis and diagonal lines and growing gradually in size and number towards the centre.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Horányi Éva: Szecesszió. A 20. század hajnala. (Az európai iparművészet korszakai.). Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1996. - Nr. 9.235 (Prékopa Ágnes)
  • dr Sztrakoniczky Károly: Falus Elek. Magyar Iparművészet, 14. (1911). 1911. - 252. kép