Bidspirit auction | Pogany Willy

Pogany Willy - Persian man. Costume for the production of ”The Golden Cockerel” for the Metropolitan Opera (New York).. Year: 1917 - 1918. Technique: Mixed media on cardboard. Size: 34,5х27. Named at top right. Pogany Willy (1882 - 1955) Hungarian graphic artist. Master of book illustration. Graduated from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. In the 1900s, he began to engage in book illustration. Among his works are illustrations for such works as ”Parsifal or the Legend of the Holy Grail”, ”Alice in Wonderland”, ”Faust”, ”Kalevala”, ”Odysseus”, ”The Golden Fleece”, ”Gulliver's Travels”, ”Bible Stories”, ”The Golden Cockerel”, ”The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish”. From 1914, he developed designs for theatrical sets and costumes for productions of the Metropolitan Opera.