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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
MARCEL VERTES (1895-1961) U.J. HIREK. Circa 1915. 37 1/4x49 1/2 inches, 94 1/2x125 3/4 cm. Rado, Budapest. Condition A / B+: minor tears at edges; creases in margins and image; offsetting in image; ink notation on verso showing through; ink notation in lower right corner; vertical and horizontal folds. Paper. Hungarian-born Vertes worked in Budapest as an illustrator and poster designer until he was drafted into service during the First World War. He moved to Paris in the 1920s and then to the United States right before the Second World War. Uj Hirek [New Headlines] was a prominent Hungarian newspaper.
