Ex-libris (bookplate) - Ilona Kozma

Archive / Ex Libris Collection

Accession Nr.: ELT 92.169
Artist/Maker:
Kozma, Lajos (1884 - 1948) / drawn by
Place of production: Budapest; Hungary
Inscription: KL
Materials: paper
Dimensions:
height: 122 mm
width: 144 mm
height: 84 mm
width: 106 mm
The ex libris volume of Lajos Kozma was published in the periodical A Ház in 1909. This volume was an essentially artistic work, made in the principle of Gesamtkunstwerk. The collectors received numbered copies bound in parchment, decorated with a signed drawing of the artist on the cover plate. The ex libris of Dona Kozma was also included in the volume, suggesting melancholy emotions with the motif of the weeping willow. The strong, decorative, linear structure of the piece resembles the woodcarvings of headboards.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Horányi Éva: Szecesszió. A 20. század hajnala. (Az európai iparművészet korszakai.). Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1996. - Nr. 9.334. (Horváth Hilda)
  • Semsey Andor: Nagy Sándor és Kozma Lajos ex librisei. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1970. - Nr. 4.