Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 28. (Budapest, 2012)

Acquisitions between 2006 and 2010

3.4 Katalin Kaliczky: Set of woman's travel bags (handbag, backpack and garment bag) Katalin Kaliczky is one of the most renowned leather and textile designers in Hungary. This set also illustrates the crystallized realm of her imagination. The material of all three bags is natural coloured textile with black leather appliques. The forms are inventive, perfectly suited to the peculiarities of the genre and the materials (textile, leather) used. Purchased with support from the National Cultural Fund, 2010 Inv. no. 2010.160.1-3 Eszter Marosi 3.4 COLLECTION OF METALWORKS 4.1 Statue of the medieval smith Leó Fessler- Gyula Jungfer, c. 1884 Copper, embossed H. (without stone pedestal): 193 cm, I.: 64 cm The male figure of a smith with the traditional leather apron and tools was designed by Leó Fessler. One of the most highly esteemed wrought iron workers of the period, Gyula Jungfer was in collaboration with him, e.g. on the construction of the former Kunsthalle in Budapest. In 1882 the artists' ball in honour of Mihály Munkácsy was staged in that building. Jugfer was dressed in a costume of a medieval smith for the occasion. The emblematic figure was probably completed for the National Exhibition of 1885 where the Jungfer pavilion had a central place. Now covered with natural green patina, the copper-sheet sculpture used to have a banderole with the words: "Matter paying homage to mind". This motto was on Jungfer's stationary and bills for years, together with the drawn figure. In World War II the medieval smith was damaged. In 1949 the Jungfer workshop was nationalized. The sculpture was a decoration in the successor firm "Metalsmithing" in Timót street until 1990. When re123