MODERN HUNGARIAN PHOTOGRAPHY. - Lot 213

MODERN HUNGARIAN PHOTOGRAPHY. Modern Magyar Fotográfia / Modern Hungarian Photography. Budapest, Vintage Galéria, 2004. In-4, paperback, illustrated cover. Catalog published by the Vintage Galéria in Budapest to mark the third installment of the series devoted to modern Hungarian photography. It brings together a selection of original prints created between the 1920s and 1930s by several leading figures of the Hungarian photographic avant-garde. The book features works by Imre Kinszki, Andor Kerny, Zoltán Seidner, József Angelo, Bárány, Holics, Rudolf Mártsa, and Aczél, illustrating the diversity of Hungarian photographic creation during the interwar period. The reproductions feature urban views of Budapest, modernist architecture, café scenes, still lifes, industrial compositions, and formal experiments that reflect the influence of the Bauhaus, the New Vision, and objective photography. Published in a bilingual Hungarian-English edition, this catalog is part of the rediscovery effort undertaken since the 1990s by the Vintage Galéria, which has become a leading authority in promoting historic Hungarian photographers. It serves as a valuable resource on a generation of photographers who remain underrepresented in Western publications. A beautiful copy.