John Szilagyi

Castle in the Air

An original linocut by the Cleveland artist, designer, typographer and teacher, John Szilagy, Castle in the Air dates from around the end of the Great Depression. It thus represents a haunting image of poverty and unemployment. During this year (1940) John Szilagy was working as a staff artist for the Cleveland publication, Crossroads Magazine. He contributed linoleum prints to this magazine which were used as both illustrations and front cover art. Castle in the Air may thus have been commissioned for this publication. Crossroads Magazine appears to have heavily supported Cleveland artists as its advisory board included Paul Travis and Kalman Kubinyi.

Castle in the Air

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Title:	Castle in the Air
Artist:	Szilagyi, John (Cleveland, c. 1917 - 2008)
Date:	c. 1940
Medium:	Original Linocut
Note:	John Szilagyi: John Szilagyi was a student of the Cleveland School of Art (now the Cleveland Institute of Art), graduating in 1942. One of his primary teachers there was Viktor Schreckengost. Shortly thereafter he became a member of the Cleveland Society of Artists. During World War Two he served in the Army Air Forces.
	At the war's end John Szilagyi returned to Cleveland and began working for various design companies. In 1961 he accepted the position of teacher of typography at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Professor Szilagyi retired from the CIA in 1998. In 2011 the Cleveland Institute of Art posthumously honoured John Szilagyi with its Viktor Schreckengost Teaching Award.
Size:	6 3/4 X 5 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $265.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon laid paper with full margins. Pencil signed and titled on the verso side of the linocut and on its original hand-cut matt. Glue staining appears in the upper margin, verso, but does not bleed through to the recto side. Else in very good condition throughout. Castle in the Air represents a prime, original example of the art of John Szilagyi and of Cleveland Depression era printmaking. Note: The original paper mat is included.
Subject:	John Szilagyi, Castle in the Air, original linocut, Cleveland Depression era printmaking, Cleveland Institute of Art, Viktor Schreckengost, Crossroads Magazine.
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