Artist: Basil Ivan Rakoczi (1908-1979) Title: Theseus and the Minotaur (1965) Signature: signed lower right and titled verso Medium: oil on board Size: 61 x 50½cm (24 x 19.9in) Framed Size: 85.8 x 75.2cm (33.8 x 29.6in) Provenance: James Adams, Dublin; Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Best known as the leader of the White Stag Group, an artistic alliance that greatly enlivened Irish cultural life during the WWII years, Basil Rakoczi was born in London, though proud of his Irish-Hungarian ancestry. Drawing on School of Paris modernism, his style encompassed an engaging, idiosyncra... Read more Basil Ivan Rakoczi Lot 141 - 'Theseus and the Minotaur (1965)' Estimate: €2,000 - €3,000 Best known as the leader of the White Stag Group, an artistic alliance that greatly enlivened Irish cultural life during the WWII years, Basil Rakoczi was born in London, though proud of his Irish-Hungarian ancestry. Drawing on School of Paris modernism, his style encompassed an engaging, idiosyncratic take on Surrealism. His treatment of the Minotaur myth is typically playful and clever.
Artist: Basil Ivan Rakoczi (1908-1979) Title: Theseus and the Minotaur (1965) Signature: signed lower right and titled verso Medium: oil on board Size: 61 x 50½cm (24 x 19.9in) Framed Size: 85.8 x 75.2cm (33.8 x 29.6in) Provenance: James Adams, Dublin; Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Best known as the leader of the White Stag Group, an artistic alliance that greatly enlivened Irish cultural life during the WWII years, Basil Rakoczi was born in London, though proud of his Irish-Hungarian ancestry. Drawing on School of Paris modernism, his style encompassed an engaging, idiosyncra... Read more Basil Ivan Rakoczi Lot 141 - 'Theseus and the Minotaur (1965)' Estimate: €2,000 - €3,000 Best known as the leader of the White Stag Group, an artistic alliance that greatly enlivened Irish cultural life during the WWII years, Basil Rakoczi was born in London, though proud of his Irish-Hungarian ancestry. Drawing on School of Paris modernism, his style encompassed an engaging, idiosyncratic take on Surrealism. His treatment of the Minotaur myth is typically playful and clever.
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