André Szenes, Morning Ride, 1920s, Chalk & Pencil on Paper

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André (andrás) szenes ("dugo")

1895 szolnok (hungary) – 1957 usa

"morning ride"
the drawing appeared as an illustration in the … Read more André (andrás) szenes ("dugo")

1895 szolnok (hungary) – 1957 usa

"morning ride"
the drawing appeared as an illustration in the magazine "jugend" (1928, vol. 33, no. 36, p. 574).


unsigned, with a small typewritten label on the bottom center of the mat: "dugo, paris"

pencil and chalk on light card, matted ---unframed---

size: 43 x 30.5 cm (sheet) / 50 x 35 cm (mat)

text accompanying the "morning ride" illustration in "jugend":

"don't you think i would have made a pretty centaur?'

'no, your human backside suits you better, jesichte!'"

andré (andrás) szenes
artist name: "dugo"

hungarian draftsman and illustrator

son of adolph szenes and his wife giselle, née baruch

he began painting and drawing as a child.
attended high school in budapest. Studied architecture in budapest
graduated after world war i
further art studies in munich, where he also began creating illustrations for "simplicissimus" and "jugend" in 1927 (his last illustration appeared in "jugend" in 1932 and in "simplicissimus" in 1934).

residered in paris in the late 1930s.

emigrated to new york in 1939.

continued to work as an illustrator for magazines such as "le rire," "vanity fair," and "harper's bazaar," and also created children's books.

exhibitions:

1928 participation in an exhibition of the hagenbund in vienna

memberships:

"hungarian association of new artists" this piece has an attribution mark,
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