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

Ildikó PANDUR: Links between the Oeuvres of Ödön Lechner and Gyula Jungfer

7. Interior of the Historical Picture Gallery in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, third floor, room in the southern wing, photo from c. 1935 The mentioned archive photos are the latest exact data on the wrought iron showcases. It is unfortunately unknown what happened to them, whether there is but a single surviving specimen of the original 110. In 1934 the Hungarian Historical Picture Gallery was incorporated in the National Hungarian Historical Museum when the public collections were re-divided. The actual transfer took place in 1939 until which date part of the print collection remained on display and the other part was stored in the Museum of Fine Arts.

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0 In 1939 "the fairly outdated exhibition in the rooms of the Academy was closed. The exhibited prints were re-united with the graphic material and the whole collection of prints and drawings ... received a new home in the old building of the Hungarian National Museum. Here the material is stored in cases in the same way as at the time of Károly Pulszky of happy memory. In technical terms, this solution is perfect, this being the most customary and appropriate way of preserving a graphic collection and the easiest possible way to handle it."

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1 There is no data on the "fairly outdated" furnishing pieces designed by Lechner and produced by Jungfer's workshop after the dissembling of the exhibition in the Academy.

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2 The research of their subsequent history may be largely facilitated by the study of the changes in the approach to museology and in the principles of art object protection. Far broader researches are 99