Lot 291: Peri (Peter Laszlo, 1899-1967). Pilgrim's Progress

Peri (Peter Laszlo, 1899-1967). Pilgrim's Progress Suite, pub. St George's Gallery, 1958, complete set of eighteen etched plates, each signed and dated in pencil, each a limited edition numbered 1/75, plate dimensions 28 x 42cm (11 x 16.5ins), sheet size 38.5 x 56cm (15 x 22ins) Peter Peri was born in Budapest, joining the avant-garde Der Sturm group after moving to Berlin in 1920 where he acquired a reputation as a leading constructivist artist, though later in the 1920s he would produce realist sculpture. With strong socialist principles that would remain throughout his life, Peri was forced to flee Germany and became a British citizen in 1939. During WWII he developed an interest in etching, producing well-received series on Gulliver's Travels and The Pilgrim's Progress. He was later commissioned to produce many pieces of public art in Britain. (18)
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