Hugo Gellert
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personHungarian-American, 1892–1985
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Selected Works180

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago
Pieces of Silver
Pieces of Silver, 1930
Acquired 2017
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Whitney
From Preface to the First German Edition
From Preface to the First German Edition, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Primary Accumulation: Secret of Primary Accumulation
Primary Accumulation: Secret of Primary Accumulation, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Primary Accumulation: Secret of Primary Accumulation
Primary Accumulation: Secret of Primary Accumulation, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Primary Accumulation: Secret of Primary Accumulation
Primary Accumulation: Secret of Primary Accumulation, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Primary Accumulation: The Expropriation Whereby the Countryfolk Were Divorced From the Land
Primary Accumulation: The Expropriation Whereby the Countryfolk Were Divorced From the Land, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Primary Accumulation: The Expropriation Whereby the Countryfolk Were Divorced from the Land
Primary Accumulation: The Expropriation Whereby the Countryfolk Were Divorced from the Land, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Primary Accumulation: The Expropriation Whereby the Countryfolk Were Divorced from the Land
Primary Accumulation: The Expropriation Whereby the Countryfolk Were Divorced from the Land, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Primary Accumulation: The Expropriation Whereby the Countryfolk Were Divorced from the Land
Primary Accumulation: The Expropriation Whereby the Countryfolk Were Divorced from the Land, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Primary Accumulation: Savage Legislation Against the Expropriated from the End of the Fifteenth Century Onwards Acts of Parliament to Force Down Wages
Primary Accumulation: Savage Legislation Against the Expropriated from the End of the Fifteenth Century Onwards Acts of Parliament to Force Down Wages, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Primary Accumulation: Savage Legislation Against the Expropriated from the End of the Fifteenth Century Onwards Acts of Parliament to Force Down Wages
Primary Accumulation: Savage Legislation Against the Expropriated from the End of the Fifteenth Century Onwards Acts of Parliament to Force Down Wages, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Primary Accumulation: Savage Legislation Against the Expropriated from the End of the Fifteenth Century Onwards Acts of Parliament to Force Down Wages
Primary Accumulation: Savage Legislation Against the Expropriated from the End of the Fifteenth Century Onwards Acts of Parliament to Force Down Wages, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Primary Accumulation: Repercussion of the Agrarian Revolution on Industry Creation of the Home Market for Industrial Capital
Primary Accumulation: Repercussion of the Agrarian Revolution on Industry Creation of the Home Market for Industrial Capital, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Primary Accumulation: Origin of the Industrial Capitalist
Primary Accumulation: Origin of the Industrial Capitalist, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Primary Accumulation: Origin of the Industrial Capitalist
Primary Accumulation: Origin of the Industrial Capitalist, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Primary Accumulation: Origin of the Industrial Capitalist
Primary Accumulation: Origin of the Industrial Capitalist, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Primary Accumulation: Origin of the Industrial Capitalist
Primary Accumulation: Origin of the Industrial Capitalist, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Primary Accumulation: Origin of the Industrial Capitalist
Primary Accumulation: Origin of the Industrial Capitalist, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Primary Accumulation: Historical Tendency of Capitalist Accumulation
Primary Accumulation: Historical Tendency of Capitalist Accumulation, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Commodities: Twofold Character of the Labor Embodied in Commodities
Commodities: Twofold Character of the Labor Embodied in Commodities, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Commodities: Twofold Character of the Labor Embodied in Commodities
Commodities: Twofold Character of the Labor Embodied in Commodities, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Commodities: The Form of Value, or Exchange-value
Commodities: The Form of Value, or Exchange-value, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Commodities: The Mystery of the Fetishistic Character of Commodities Exchange
Commodities: The Mystery of the Fetishistic Character of Commodities Exchange, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Money, or the Circulation of Commodities
Money, or the Circulation of Commodities, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress
Whitney
Transformation of Money into Capital
Transformation of Money into Capital, 1933
Acquired 2016
Lithograph and letterpress

Previous Sales

Swann Auction Galleries
Three prints
Three prints
$1,000
Feb 2023
Swann Auction Galleries
Two prints
Two prints
$688
Jan 2022
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Magyar Naptar drawing and print (two works)
Magyar Naptar drawing and print (two works), 1960
Bidding closed
Charcoal on paper with collage, lithograph

For Sale

Mary Ryan Gallery, Inc · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1943
US$3,000–US$4,000
Silkscreen
Mary Ryan Gallery, Inc · Artsy
Century of the Common Man
Century of the Common Man, 1943
Sold
Portfolio of 19 Silkscreens
Helicline Fine Art · Artsy
New Masses Magazine May 1926, Vol 1, No 1. VG Condition. Workers Communist Party
New Masses Magazine May 1926, Vol 1, No 1. VG Condition. Workers Communist Party, 1926
Sold
Paper
Roger Genser - The Prints and the Pauper · Artsy
MODERN SCIENCE FOR ALL
MODERN SCIENCE FOR ALL, 1943
For sale
Color Serigraph
Paramour Fine Arts · Artsy
Winning the Battle of Production
Winning the Battle of Production, 1943
For sale
Color silkscreen
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Pieces of Silver
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2017 · Accession 2017.61 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Gift of Jean Armour
From Preface to the First German Edition
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2016.115.1 · Lithograph and letterpress
Gift of Fern and Hersh Cohen
Primary Accumulation: Secret of Primary Accumulation
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2016.115.2 · Lithograph and letterpress
Gift of Fern and Hersh Cohen
Primary Accumulation: Secret of Primary Accumulation
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2016.115.3 · Lithograph and letterpress
Gift of Fern and Hersh Cohen
Primary Accumulation: Secret of Primary Accumulation
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2016.115.4 · Lithograph and letterpress
Gift of Fern and Hersh Cohen
Primary Accumulation: The Expropriation Whereby the Countryfolk Were Divorced From the Land
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2016.115.5 · Lithograph and letterpress
Gift of Fern and Hersh Cohen
Primary Accumulation: The Expropriation Whereby the Countryfolk Were Divorced from the Land
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2016.115.6 · Lithograph and letterpress
Gift of Fern and Hersh Cohen
Primary Accumulation: The Expropriation Whereby the Countryfolk Were Divorced from the Land
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2016.115.7 · Lithograph and letterpress
Gift of Fern and Hersh Cohen
Primary Accumulation: The Expropriation Whereby the Countryfolk Were Divorced from the Land
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2016.115.8 · Lithograph and letterpress
Gift of Fern and Hersh Cohen
Primary Accumulation: Savage Legislation Against the Expropriated from the End of the Fifteenth Century Onwards Acts of Parliament to Force Down Wages
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2016.115.9 · Lithograph and letterpress
Gift of Fern and Hersh Cohen
Primary Accumulation: Savage Legislation Against the Expropriated from the End of the Fifteenth Century Onwards Acts of Parliament to Force Down Wages
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2016.115.10 · Lithograph and letterpress
Gift of Fern and Hersh Cohen
Primary Accumulation: Savage Legislation Against the Expropriated from the End of the Fifteenth Century Onwards Acts of Parliament to Force Down Wages
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2016.115.11 · Lithograph and letterpress
Gift of Fern and Hersh Cohen
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ADAA Art Show 2016 Review
The Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) kicked off Armory Week with its 2016 edition of The Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory. The fair is char…
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death
Hugo Gellert dies
Jan 1, 1985
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birth
Hugo Gellert born
Jan 1, 1892