14 - ELZA KÖVESHÁZI KALMÁR (1867–1958)

ELZA KÖVESHÁZI KALMÁR (1867–1958) *Táncoló fiú* (also known as *Táncos* [Dancer] or *Enchanting Dance*), a model designed around [1907–1909] and exhibited at the *Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler zu Cöln* in 1912 Sculpture. Bronze cast with a nuanced brown patina. Original green marble base. Early edition cast, circa 1910. The fastening nut under the base is missing. Unsigned. Height including base: 32.5 cm Height of bronze only: 29.5 cm Provenance: - Collection of József Vágó (1877–1947). Architect and leading figure of the Secession movement in Hungary. - Collection of Pierre Vago (1910–2002) (known as Pierre Vágó), son of the former. Architect, editor-in-chief of *L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui* from 1932 to 1947, then chairman of the publication’s editorial board, member of the UAM, and founder of the International Union of Architects (U.I.A.) in 1948 - 20th-Century Decorative Arts and Sculptures – Ader-Nordmann-Dominique Auction, February 12, 2021. Our work is listed as lot 35 in the catalog. - Collection X., Neuilly-sur-Seine. Public Collection: Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum (Hungarian National Museum), Budapest – A cast of our sculpture model is held in the collections of this institution. Exhibitions: - International Art Exhibition of the Sonderbund of West German Art Lovers and Artists – Cologne, 1912. A bronze cast of our sculpture model was presented at this event under catalog number 630. - 1912 – Mission Moderne – Centennial Exhibition of the 1912 Ausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler zu Cöln – Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, August 31–December 30, 2012. The cast of our sculpture model, housed at the Hungarian National Museum and likely the one from the 1912 exhibition, was displayed at this event. Bibliography: Magyar Iparmûvészet – No. 4, 1911. A bronze cast of our sculpture is reproduced on page 133 (ill. 152).