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The White Stag Group Basil Rákóczi is acknowledged as the leading personality behind the White Stag Group. Born in 1908 to an Irish mother and Hungarian father, Rákóczi spent his childhood in England and France. After studying at the Acadèmie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, he founded the Society for Creative Pyschology in 1935 and it was here that he met Kenneth Hall (see lot 238). Rákóczi and Hall spent the late 1930s travelling in Europe until 1939, when they moved to Ireland to escape conscription. In 1940 the first White Stag Group exhibition was held at 34 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin. Irish Modernsists such as Mainie Jellett (see lots 239-240) were drawn into their orbit at this time. In 2005 Brian Fallon wrote of the White Stags that they "infiltrated strongly into the cultural consciousness of the time ... they attracted some passionate disciples and there is no doubt at all that they brought into wartime Dublin a certain breath of creative novelty and liberation" (Irish Arts Review, Vol 22, no 2, 'The White Stags'). The White Stag Group was honoured with a dedicated exhibtion at IMMA, Dublin, July - October 2005.

Basil Rákóczi (1908-1979)

Stealing Apples

Details

Basil Rákóczi (1908-1979)
Stealing Apples
signed 'Rákóczi' (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated 'Stealing Apples/B. Rákóczi 60' (on the reverse)
pencil and oil on paper
25 x 16 in. (63.5 x 40.7 cm.)
Sold with a quantity of cards from the artist.

Provenance

Purchased directly from the artist by the present owner's aunt and uncle.

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

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