Plaque - Witch

Metalwork Collection

Accession Nr.: 17721
Artist/Maker:
Telcs, Ede (1872 - 1948)
Place of production: Budapest
Inscription: jobbra fent TELCS; peremén alul É. K. E. 1910 94.
Materials: bronze
Techniques: cast; patinated
Dimensions:
height: 8 cm
width: 4,3 cm
The plaque depicts a naked young woman, bending to the left. There is a monster kneeling behind her legs, playing his flute trunk. To the right, there is a flying bat. This was the 1910 membership gift of the Association of Medal Collectors and Friends. The above piece was numbered 94. It is published by Huszár-Procopius 1932 No. 6099. Its silver copy can be found in the collection of the Hungarian National Gallery Inv.No. 56.631-P (see Cat. 1993a No. 179 with ill. and previous literature). There are two bronze copies in the Numismatic Collection of the HNM (Inv.Nos. N.III.1486 and É.N.144, A/1910), and also a silver one (Inv.No. É.N.12.A/1911). For the ill. see Nagy 1981 No.938.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Horányi Éva: Szecesszió. A 20. század hajnala. (Az európai iparművészet korszakai.). Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1996. - Nr. 9.216 (Pandur Ildikó)
  • Huszár Lajos, Procopius Béla: Medaillen und Plakettenkunst in Ungarn. Éremkedvelők Egyesülete, Budapest, 1932. - Nr. 6099.