Jun 18, 2020 - Sale 2538

Sale 2538 - Lot 31

Price Realized: $ 6,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
ANDREAS FARKAS (DATES UNKNOWN) MODIANO / SZIVARKAHÜVELY. 1929.
48 3/4x37 inches, 123 3/4x94 cm. Athenaeum, Budapest.
Condition B+: repaired tears at edges, some into image; creases and abrasions in margins and image.
The brothers Andreas and George Farkas were Germans who opened up a design atelier in Budapest. Prior to being together, the elder of the two, Andreas, visited Budapest and designed two posters for the renowned rolling paper company, Modiano. Gebrauchsgraphik Nov 1, 1929 p. 33, De Reclame, Feb. 1, 1930 p. 79.