Found three off his woodcuts but are the originals by him of made later ? Checked the writing and the are handwritten on the woodblocks so not printed . thanks
Very nice, Ger. It could be an original, a good place to ask is the Haags Gemeentemuseum. It was made for the first cover of De Stijl magazine, in 1917. More from: http://www.iconofgraphics.com/Theo-Van-Doesburg/ The first cover design of De Stijl magazine, used from 1917 trough 1920, carried an abstract image by Vilmos Huszar. He probably designed the lettering as well. An example of the interior pages, which had not been touched by typographers. The first edition of the De Stijl artmagazine appeared in oktober 1917. The cover contained an abstract woodcut composed of black rectangles, over which the words De Stijl were drawn in fragmented square capitals. In his foreword, Van Doesburg mentions Vilmos Huszar as the designer of the vignette. It is generally assumed that Huszar also drew the lettering.* The only remarkable piece of design in the magazine was the cover, the inside had not been touched by designers, as texts were delivered to the printer and set in standard typefaces. *Extract from the book 'Dutch type' by Jan Middendorp
Very similar but the cover has more lines and other slight variations. No idea what that means though
You're right. Best to ask, info@gemeentemuseum.nl. They have an extensive De Stijl collection and library: https://www.gemeentemuseum.nl/nl/bibliotheek-documentatie
Thanks and going to have a good look at the sites you mentioned . There from a series of 20 so must be more somewhere around ?
Going to get in contact with them and agree that it would be the best en quickest way to get some more information . Will keep the forum informed
After several attempts to get more information about them and spoken to two experts on Huszar still no conformation or denial true or false . Two auction houses no real interest but same answers so still know nothing about them . There two different ones in my possession so 3 in total what brings 37 wood prints left somewhere outside in the world . But none to be found anywhere on the net by me . So help needed in finding the others by the members off the forum
Have not tried them so thanks for the tip . Had the known experts in the Netherlands without using there names and the like them but nobody wants to give any conformation yet . Even used a Hungarian auction house specialized on Huszar but due to not very much demand off Huszar there not interested in them. But still no more information about the prints true or ? According to a paper restoration expert the paper is from at least from the fifties or before even in this super condition. So it's now to the Stedelijk Museum in the capital off the Netherlands to look at and I wait for answer soon I hope . The only idea I still have that the could be made a the exhibition in 1959 to celebrate Huszar's 75 birthday in The Hague at the Galerie Loujetzky. There is a catalogue from that exhibition but I can't find it to see if there where there and maybe sold from there . So find the catalogue and maybe ?
The answer was a very simple answer that no expertises or price idea's are given by them (not asked also just what do you think about them? And the recommendation to the RKD website to look at the artists works . So easy escape for this museum .But to me a bitty annoying when I just want some specific info
Exactly! Hope you have better luck with others, keep us posted. If I think of something else to try, I'll let you know. Same if I come across that Galerie Loujetzky catalogue.
Thanks and waiting now for a answer from Christies Amsterdam on them . But I.am starting to think that the art handling in the Netherlands looks more like a cartel/syndicate sometimes
Hi Gerspee, I was attended to your question by fellow-antiquer Any Jewelry, this is what I replied: I looked into it and it seems to me that Gerspee has contacted all the museums and other organisations - and even more - that I would think of (I do know a thing or two about De Stijl and other avant-gardemovements of this era. I graduated on Kurt Schwitters and I did research for one of the many projects dedicated to De Stijl in my hometown Leiden last year, commemorating the fact that the magazine that gave its name to the movement was founded by Theo van Doesburg in Leiden 100 years ago). So I am afraid that I can't be of any help. The only thing is that Huszar outlived most of the other Stijl-members and was more or less 'forgotten' during the decades after WWII, living a secluded life in a small village in Holland, making art that was far from avant-gardistic until his death in 1960. The preparations of the celebrations of 100 years De Stijl have brought a few unknown works of his hand to light, who knows what else there is? In addition I can only mention the director of museum Boijmans-van Beuningen (S. Ex) as he wrote a book about Huszar in the 80s and the Harderwijk Citymuseum as they organized an exhibition about Huszar recently for which occasion some research was done after the period that he lived in Hierden. Museum De Lakenhal might be of interest too, as they have done extensive research after the founding of the Magazine De Stijl, and its director is a specialist on Theo van Doesburg and the era. Best regards from Herb, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Why don't you contact this fellow, Sjarel Ex? The Dutch avant-garde is his speciality and he wrote a book about the artist. https://www.museumnext.com/speakers/sjarel-ex/ Debora
Sjarel Ex is the S. Ex Leiden mentioned in his post. He is director of the Boijmans-van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam.
