Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 25. (Budapest, 2007)
Zsolt SOMOGYI: Pál Horti's Late Works in the United States of America
NOTES 1 Koós, Judith: Horti Pál élete és művészete 1865-1907 [The Life and Art of Pál Horti, 1865-1907], Budapest: Akadémiai, 1982. 2 Horti received a gold medal in Class 70 (carpets, tapestries, furniture fabrics) and, jointly with János Balogh, a gold medal in Class 71 (gala embellishments, upholstery); with his works of goldsmith’s art (Class 94) he secured a bronze medal. ‘Hivatalos Tudósítások - A magyar iparművészeti osztály’ [Official Reports - The Hungarian Applied Arts Department], Magyar Iparművészet 1900, pp. 356-357. 3 Czakó, Elemér: ‘A torinói kiállítás’ [The Exhibition in Turin], Magyar Iparművészet, 1902 p. 167; Horti returned home from the exposition with a diplome d’honneur. ‘Hivatalos Tudósítások [Official Reports. The Honours Awarded at Turin], Magyar Iparművészet 1902, p. 246. 4 For the Hungarian group at the St. Louis Exposition, see Magyar Iparművészet 1903, p. 305 5 Missisipi Blätter (sic), 24 July 1904 issue. Quoted in ‘St. Louis-i kiállításunk’ [Hungary’s Exhibition in St. Louis], Magyar Iparművészet 1904, p. 213. 6 Undertaken by the ‘artist-cabinetmaker’ Lajos Simay. 7 The Hungarian group won 138 honours: 2 diplomas of honour, 12 grands prix, 31 gold medals, 46 silver medals, 47 bronze medals. All this it achieved without a pavilion of its own. ‘Hivatalos tudósítások - A St. Louisi kiállítás kitüntetései’ [Honours Won at the St. Louis Exposition], Magyar Iparművészet 1904, pp. 319-320. 8 Twenty-two letters and picture-postcards: one letter to Kálmán Györgyi, ‘Chief Secretary’ of the Applied Arts Association in 1906; nine letters and ten picture-postcards to Elek Koronghy Lippich, national counsellor at Hungary’s Ministry of Religious and Educational Affairs in the years 1904-1907; and two letters to József Mihalik , royal counsellor and director of Kassa Museum in the years 1904-1905. Manuscript Collection of the National Széchényi Library, Budapest. 9 Jurecskó, László: ‘Horti Pál, a nemzeti eszme áldozata’ [Pál Horti, Victim of a National Thought], Magyar Szemle, New Series II, 1993/5, pp. 498-509. 10 Also published by László Jurecskó; see note 9, p. 505. 11 See note 8. 12 His letter to Elek K. Lippich dated 1 October 1905 makes reference to this. Manuscript Collection of the National Széchényi Library, Budapest; a photograph of the works was published in Magyar Iparművészet, 1906 pp. 193-194. 13 Letter to Elek K. Lippich dated 15 October 1906. Manuscript Collection of the National Széchényi Library, Budapest. 14 Magyar Iparművészet 1907, pp. 182-183; 1908, p. 293. 15 ‘Horti Pál hagyatékában...’ [From the Legacy of Pál Horti...], Magyar Iparművészet 1908 p. 298. 16 Archive of the Museum of Applied Arts, inv. no.: KRTF 30, earlier inv. no.: régi MLT 1413. Note in the acquisitions column of the inventory book: ‘Kálmán Györgyi’. Published with provenance unknown: Koós: Horti Pál élete és művészete..., p. 28, ill. 18; Style 1900-A Great Experiment of Modernism in the Applied Arts. Exhibition catalogue. Edited by András Szilágyi and Eva Horányi. Budapest, 1996, no. 9.244; the descriptions were written by Piroska Ács. 17 Inv. no. 59.885.1; inv. no. of the designs kept in the Archive of the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts: KRTF 39. Koós: Horti Pál élete és művészete..., p. 27, ills. 12-13; Style 1900 - A Great Experiment of Modernism in the Applied Arts. Exhibition catalogue. Edited by András Szilágyi and Eva Horányi. Budapest, 1996, nos. 9.3 and 9.242; the descriptions were written by Piroska Ács. 18 Catalogue: The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe America: Design for the Modern World. Edited by Wendy Kaplan. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2004 (hereinafter: The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe and America). 19 Catalogue: International Arts and Crafts. Edited by Karen Livingstone and Linda Perry. London: V. & A. Publications, 2005 (hereinafter: International Arts and Crafts). 20 See The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe and America and International Arts and Crafts. 21 Stickley, Gustav: ‘The Use and Abuse of Machinery, and Its Relation to the Arts and Crafts’, The Craftsman, November 1906 issue, p. 204. Quoted in Caters, David: ‘The East Coast: “Enterprise upon a Higher Plane’” In: International Arts and Crafts, p. 160. 22 Todd, Pamela: The Arts &• Crafts Companion. London: Thames & Hudson, 2004, p. 60. 23 Limbert Arts and Crafts Furniture: The Complete 1903 Catalog. Introduction by Christian G. Garron. Reprint. New York: Dover, 1992. 24 Schmidt, Gyula: ‘Horti utolsó útjáról’ [Horti’s Last Journey], Magyar Iparművészet 1907, pp. 173-176. 25 Miller, Judith: Arts & Crafts. Collector Guides. London: Dorling Kindersley, 2004, p. 53. 26 ‘Shop of the Crafters’, in American Arts & Crafts. Virtual in Design. Exhibition catalogue of Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Edited by Leslie Green Brown. Boston: Bullfinch - Brown and Co., 1990, p. 66. 27 Arts and Crafts Furniture - Shop of the Crafters at 119
