Moderne Kunst aus Privat Besitz
This is the one that really started it for me. I was on my way to Prague, cialis usa try Czech Republic, viagra usa where I lived from 1992 to 1994. We had stopped in London on our way to Prague and one day in London we went to the British Museum. Afterwards, we wandered down Museum Street, just south of the museum, and I stumbled on an Antiquarian book store. In this store I noticed a small brochure, which I would later learn were called “ephemera.”
The brochure was titled “Moderne Kunst aus Privat Besitz, 9 April / Mai 1922, Leipziger Kunstverein” (Modern Art from Private Collections, April 9 – May 1922, Leipzig Art Society). Signed “Mathéy.” This was the it. I realized that I could both afford this kind of thing and – more importantly – find more of it.
The artist Georg Alexander Mathéy (1884-1968) was a painter and author, and a graphic artist. Between 1920 and 1929 he was a professor at the “Staatlichen Akademie für Buchgewerbe und Graphik” [National Academy for the Book-Trade and Graphic Arts] in Leipzig, Germany, and director of the “Werkstätten für Buch- und Steindruck” [Workshop for Book Design, Typography and Lithography] at Leipzig, Germany.
The design – from 1922 – was very early in the modern movement and represented a still-developing modern style.
Moderne Kunst aus Privat Besitz – Inside View One
Moderne Kunst aus Privat Besitz – Inside View Two
Moderne Kunst aus Privat Besitz – Inside View Three
Moderne Kunst aus Privat Besitz – Inside View Four
Moderne Kunst aus Privat Besitz – Inside View Five
Moderne Kunst aus Privat Besitz – Back View
