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Basil Ivan Rákóczi (1908-1979)
COLLECTION OF ARTWORKS, CORRESPONDENCE AND SONG BOOK OF IDIOT BOY” (1953-1969)”
ink drawings; (3); painted tile; (1); letters; (3); songbook; (1)
variously signed, inscribed and dated
13 x 16in. (33.02 x 40.64cm)
Artworks depict mythological figures and nudes. The correspondence with Adolphe Nuchy and a ‘Suzanne’ dates
to between July 1966 and May 1969. A 1951 exhibition catalogue with foreword by A. Nuchy accompanies the
correspondence. Song Book for Idiot Boy: A L’Enseigne du Cerf Blanc, Paris, 1953. First edition, limited to 300 copies of
which this is no. 100 (nos. 1-25 printed on Marais Pur Fil). Printed in a sequence of folded pages, each with a poem to the
right and a linocut illustration to the left. Twelve poems and illustrations plus title-page, frontispiece and colophon, loose
in a printed portfolio as issued. Rare, not listed in Snoddy.A desirable archival collection.
€1,600-€1,800 (£1180-£1320 approx. approx.)
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 55IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART · 28 SEPTEMBER 2015