Zsolnay Art Pottery - The Gyugyi Collection

Összefoglaló

This book presents one of the finest and most beautiful Zsolnay collections in the world, assembled over several decades with exquisite taste, professionalism and careful devotion by its Hungarian-born owner, who now lives in America. Comprising more than six-hundred objects once produced for world exhibitions and the international market, it represents the summit of artistic achievement reached by the Zsolnay Factory during the periods of Historicism and Art Nouveau around the turn of the last millennium. Studies based on the latest research conducted by professional experts and excellent photos provide new surprises for collectors and anyone who takes pleasure in art objects. The vases, platters, pitchers, lamps and ceramic paintings shown here radiate both the magic of a distant past and the timeless, irresistible glory of artistic desire.