Lot 64: w - EDE TELCS, HUNGARIAN, 1872-1948, AN UNSUAL CARVED PINK VEINED MARBLE GROUP OF BUDDAH AND A NAKED ACALITE

h. 86cm.

The artist thence by descent to his grandson

Telcs was a pupil of Kaspar von Zumbusch in Vienna and was in turn master to the internationally acclaimed medallist, Paul Vincze (1907-1994). Telcs executed a number of memorial commissions and two notable examples of these works include, the Kossuth Memorial in Kecskemét and the Dezsõ Szilágyi Memorial in Telepes. The Hungarian National Gallery house a number of his works.