Bartholomew Mako: A Hungarian Master 1890–1970
Hong Kong: Myriad Creations Limited & Myriad Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (5)206, (5) 269pp. Original illustrated dustjackets, blue lettering on spine, over blue cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine, housed in a matching blue cloth slipcase with gilt lettering . Yellow endpapers. In 1986 Gene Mako, the Hall of Fame Hungarian-born American tennis player, had started to work as an art dealer in 1950. In 1986 he began work on the task of assembling in one place the corpus of his father's incredibly productive career. Bartholomew (Bertalan) Mako was a Hungarian painter and sculptor. He had studied at the Budapest Academy of Fine Arts and moved to Los Angeles, via Buenos Aires, in 1923 to work as an artist. Some of his works in Los Angeles are the mural "Justice" which is now displayed in the lobby of the City Attorney's Office, the bas-relief over the entry of the famed Hollywood Union High School as well as friezes for the Lou Henry Hoover Elementary School in Whittier and the Ventura High School. The two volume set is illustrated with mostly color reproductions of Mako's multifaceted work. Slipcase with light wear along edges, books in fine condition. Fine condition. Item #44254
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