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Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

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Architecture Pogány, Móric Dreams of a Master Builder. Foreword by Max Reinhardt. Leipzig, Berlin, Vienna, Friedrich Ernst Hübsch, (1926). 4°. 11 pp., 39 plates. Original cloth binding with gold lettering (stained). First edition. – With a handwritten dedication by the author to the critic Lajos Bálint. First edition of the pen-and-ink drawings by the Hungarian architect Móric Pogány (born Schau, 1878 Nagyenyed – 1942 Budapest). The work was published in the ‘Neue Werkkunst’ series. It contains a foreword by Max Reinhardt. Pogány was one of Budapest’s best-known architects. Together with Emil Tory, he designed, amongst other things, the Hungarian Pavilion at the 1911 Turin World Exhibition. Together with Tory, he also won first prize in the competition for the National Theatre in Budapest. The volume was published in 1926, the same year in which his Batthyány eternal flame was erected in Budapest. Provenance: This inscribed copy was presented to Lajos Bálint. Bálint was a theatre critic, dramaturg and translator. From 1910, he wrote for the *Magyar Hírlap* and, from 1915, served as dramaturg at the National Theatre in Budapest. The connection to the National Theatre, for which Pogány had submitted an award-winning design, and Reinhardt’s foreword make the dedication thematically coherent. Architecture. – First edition of the pen-and-ink drawings by the Hungarian architect Móric Pogány (born Schau, 1878 Nagyenyed – 1942 Budapest). The work appeared in the ‘Neue Werkkunst’ series and contains a foreword by Max Reinhardt. Pogány was one of Budapest’s best-known architects. Together with Emil Tory, he designed, amongst other works, the Hungarian Pavilion at the 1911 Turin World’s Fair. Again in collaboration with Tory, he won first prize in the competition for the National Theatre in Budapest. The volume was published in 1926, the same year his Batthyány Eternal Flame was erected in Budapest. The dedicated copy was presented to Lajos Bálint. Bálint was a theatre critic, dramaturg and translator. He wrote for *Magyar Hírlap* from 1910 and, from 1915, served as dramaturg at the National Theatre in Budapest. The connection to the National Theatre – for which Pogány had produced a prize-winning design – and Reinhardt’s foreword make the inscription a fitting one. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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