Lajos d’Ebneth (1902-1982)
Five unique geometric abstract compositions of rectangles,
lines and free typographic letterpress prints.
Kijkduin, The Hague, The Netherlands 1926-1927
30 x 44 cm.
Collages with fragments of letterpress prints combined with gouache and ink on paper.
Signed with handwritten signature in ink
Provenance: Visser Collection Amsterdam; P.J. Loujetzky Hungarian gallerist of the Gallery ‘Kunst van onze Tijd ‘ The Hague.
1926-1927 was a turbulant period for the artistic development of Lajos d ‘Ebneth.
It would result in a series of abstract geometric works which led to his international brake-through.
In those years his house, in Kijkduin near The Hague, was a meeting place for the European avant-garde.
Regular visitors were Kurt and Helma Schwitters, László and Lucia Moholy-Nagy, Siegfried Giedeon, Hannah Höch and from the Netherlands Til Brugman, Theo and Nelly van Doesburg, Gerrit Rietveld, Jan Buijs, J.J.P. Oud and Cornelis van Eesteren (Ex p. 36-44.)
His geometric abstract works were exhibited internationally and displayed in the avant-garde magazines ‘Der Sturm’ and ‘i10’.
