Francis Revesz-Ferryman
(Hungarian/Amer., 1893-1983).
Three Peacocks
1921. Colour stencil, initialled in pencil on image lower right, titled, annotated “trial proof,” signed and dated in pencil below image, 19.8 x 25.8cm. Surface loss, paper remnants, tears to margins, laid down on old backing.
Ref Item #CL175-130
Revesz (Hungarian for ferryman) was born in Hungary and attended Budapest University where he studied architecture. He went on to study painting in London with Walter Sickert and Frank Brangwyn. He emigrated in the 1920’s to the United States and settled in Little Neck, New York. Over the course of his lifetime he had over thirty international one man shows which included Philadephia, Chicago, Australia (Holdsworth Gallery in Sydney), Dresden, Budapest, London, and New York. Ref: Granddaughter Joanne Ferryman via Askart website; artist’s archive held at Smithsonian.
Price (AUD): $1100
