The arhives of Hungarian painter Endre Bálint was acquired in New York in 2013 and consists of more than 2 500 items – mostly personal letters and other documents, archival photos and photocopies, related to several members and generations of the Bálint-family from the late 19th to the second half of the 20th century. Painter Endre Bálint, sculptor József Jakovits and his family, Lajos Vajda, Júlia Vajda painters, Antal Szerb and his wife Klára Szerb, Ernő Osváth and his family were the main representatives of Hungarian intellectual progress between the two world wars and in the decades that followed. From this rich documentary material, the micro-history of the family and the turbulent history of the 20th century unfold at the same time: war, labor, the Holocaust, the fifties, emigration, and many other events that shaped the century.
A large collections of posters were purchased from the Bálint-archives in 2014. There are real rarities among the mostly offset and screen printed posters, including the theater and exhibition posters of the Kassák Ház Stúdió (Kassák House Studio). The Kassák Ház Stúdió was founded in 1969 by Péter Halász and Anna Koós at the Kassák Művelődési Ház (Kassák House of Culture) in Zugló (Budapest, District XIV), which was the antecedent of the company known as the Squat Theater in New York. We also purchased several of the homemade screened posters at the Squat Theater.
The purchase of documents and exhibition posters in 2013 and 2014 was supported by the National Cultural Fund. The collection of the posters of the Squat Theater was funded by the Petőfi Literary Museum – Kassák Museum.
A large collections of posters were purchased from the Bálint-archives in 2014. There are real rarities among the mostly offset and screen printed posters, including the theater and exhibition posters of the Kassák Ház Stúdió (Kassák House Studio). The Kassák Ház Stúdió was founded in 1969 by Péter Halász and Anna Koós at the Kassák Művelődési Ház (Kassák House of Culture) in Zugló (Budapest, District XIV), which was the antecedent of the company known as the Squat Theater in New York. We also purchased several of the homemade screened posters at the Squat Theater.
The purchase of documents and exhibition posters in 2013 and 2014 was supported by the National Cultural Fund. The collection of the posters of the Squat Theater was funded by the Petőfi Literary Museum – Kassák Museum.