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MKI-C-I-208
- Title
Art historian Éva Körner’s bequest
- Quantity / Provenance / Document types, inclusive dates
Uninventoried, 145 folders of documents, 43 boxes of photos, 4 boxes of cards, 1 box of film reels, 3 boxes of prints (invitations and other miscellaneous material), 2 boxes of correspondence / Purchase, gift, 2005 / Manuscripts, notes, books, catalogues, studies, offprints, opponents’ reviews, articles, opening speeches, letters, photos
- Description
Éva Körner (1929–2004) was an art historian, museologist, editor, teacher – and a former research associate of the Institute of Art History. One of the most significant researchers of modern Hungarian fine art in the 20th century; the author of the Gyula Derkovits monograph; a prominent researcher of Lajos Kassák and Hungarian (neo)avant-garde. A pupil of Lajos Fülep. As an associate of Corvina Publishing House, she edited and prepared for printing the monographs of Russian avant-garde artists. From the 1980s on, she also spent a great deal of time researching the artists of the Hungarian neo-avant-garde generation, as well as conceptual art.
The fonds contains the manuscripts, photos, notes and cards of the books and studies published by Éva Körner, as well as the documentation of her publications.
- Bibliography
Hornyik Sándor, Aknai Katalin: Körner Éva - Avantgárd izmusokkal és izmusok nélkül (bev. tan.: Perneczky Géza), MTA Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont, Budapest, 2005
- Description by
Katalin Aknai, Benjámin Ék
