Basil Rákóczi, British/French 1908-1979 - The Wine Press I, 1952;...

Basil Rákóczi,
British/French 1908-1979 -

The Wine Press I, 1952;

ink and monotype on paper, signed, titled, numbered and dated on the reverse 'The Wine Press I 1704 B Rakoczi 52', 50.7 x 40.6 cm: together with 2 other works on paper by the same artist, 'Harbour View, 1970', 53.5 x 42 cm and 'Leaf and spheres abstract, 1966', 47 x 57.4 cm (3) (unframed)

Provenance:
the Estate of the Artist

Note:
Rákóczi founded the Modernist group, The White Stag Group, along with his partner, Kenneth Hall. Influenced by Surrealism and founded in London, they moved to Ireland in 1940. Gaining Irish members including Nano Reid and Norah McGuiness, their work focusing on psychological states and esoteric myth and symbols. Instrumental to Hall's artistic career and his first solo exhibition was the dealer Lucy Wertheim. Wertheim also promoted Barbara Hepworth, Christopher Wood, Frances Hodgkins and Henry Moore. An exhibition of her legacy 'A Life in Art & Reuniting the Twenties Group' has recently been on display at Towner Eastbourne, UK, including works by both Hall and Rákóczi.