CSÀKY, JOSEPH (Hungarian, 1888-1971)

Csáky was a native of Hungary and as one of the first artists to apply Cubist principles to sculpture became a dedicated member of the Parisian avant-garde. Under the influence of the Cubists, he produced a substantial body of work comparable in quality to that of Brancusi and Archipenko. His Tête Cubiste of 1911 coincides with Picasso’s first cubist sculpture.

After the First World War Csáky’s researches into he human figure through cubist lform, lead him to Abstraction in 1919. Around 1928 he returned to a more realistic style of sculpture, humanising his representations through the ample and subtle forms that evoke the works of Aristide Maillol.