Ex-libris (bookplate) - J. Post
| Accession Nr.: | ELT 3.190 |
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| Artist/Maker: |
Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent (1972 - 1898) / designer |
| Date of production: |
ca. 1895
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| Place of production: | London |
| Inscription: | Jelzés nélkül. |
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| Materials: | paper |
| Dimensions: |
height: 90 mm
width: 80 mm
height: 85 mm
width: 75 mm
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Lines, white and black spots, an indicative illustration of trees and lake are characteristic of the idyllic landscape presented on this drawing. It shows an elegant semi-reclining lady figure and a faun with vine leaf wreath, reading. In the organic, fantasy-filled Art Nouveau, mythological figures representing partly the human, partly the animal world were fairly popular. The same composition was designed for a book cover (the fifth volume of The Yellow Book), and also, with some changes and a richer landscape background, for the ex libris of Aladar Erdey, in 1895. There was a Beardsley- exhibition in the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts in 1907, in which a selection of the illustrations for The Yellow Book magazine, which Beardsley was founder and manager of, was also presented.
Literature
- Horváth Hilda: Az ex libris virágkora. Magyar Iparművészet, 4. (1997). 1997. - 24.
- Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Horányi Éva: Szecesszió. A 20. század hajnala. (Az európai iparművészet korszakai.). Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1996. - Nr. 1.71. (Horváth Hilda)
