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Ildikó PANDUR: Links between the Oeuvres of Ödön Lechner and Gyula Jungfer
from which excerpts were published in the first issue of the periodical Múzeumi és Könyvtári Értesítő (Bulletin of Museums and Libraries) launched in 1907, two years before the publication of the complete text. 53 The aim of the author was "... to give guidance and practical advice for the construction of museums, the spacing out of the rooms, their furnishing and management." In chapter II on museum furniture he illustrated most showcase types with drawings "of the specific collection cases devised by the late Károly Lacher, the former meritorious director of the department of art history at the Styrian Museum in Graz." 5 4 The publication recommended several types of display cases for prints. "Similar to the freestanding cabinets on stands, showcases serve the same purpose; they can stand on legs or have cabinets beneath for the storage of unexhibited items." 5 5 The latter type is represented by Ede Wigand's above mentioned showcases in the Museum of Fine Arts. The interior of the graphic exhibition room in the Museum of Fine Arts designed in 1905 by Ede Toroezkai Wigand had a remarkable success in the circle of experts in the following decades. 5 6 "To display paintings and prints, you may use showcases, but for the better utilization of space and especially to prevent fading, adjustable stands are more strongly advised." 5 7 Stands of such construction were purchased by Gyula Viszota for the exhibiting space of the Széchenyi Museum at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. 5 8 Already the 1907 text contains several phrases that are incongruous with the Lech9. Showcase from the catalogue of the South Kensington Museum. Published in: Drawings of glass cases in the South Kensington Museum, with suggestions for the arrangement of Specimens, London, 1877, pi. 10. 101
