Barna BASILIDES (1903-1967) Hungarian Scene, project... Lot 3

Barna BASILIDES (1903-1967) Hungarian Scene, project for the tapestry of the Ambassadors' Office of the Palais des Nations, 1936 Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower left. 66 x 65 cm Provenance: - Private collection, Switzerland. - Private collection, France. Bibliography: - L'Illustration, Le palais de la Société des Nations, April 16, 1938, no. 4963 (reproduced). - MagyarIparmuveszet, 1936, p.212-223 (The Ambassadors' Office at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, reproduced). - Kiss Éva, "A genfi népszövetség palotájának magyar szobája," pp.101-109, in Art Deco és Modernizmus, lakásmuvészet Magyaroszágon, 1920-1940, Iparmuvészeti Múzeum, kiállítási katalógus, Budapest, 2012. Related works: - Two other tapestries from the Ambassadors' office at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. - Decorations for the Hungarian pavilion at the 1935 World Fair in Brussels.