Comments on: Sunday picture

By: Dirk Zorn

Dirk Zorn — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:17:52 +0000

Sorry, I screwed up the link in my previous post. It’s been a while since I last used HTML.
I think the “postcards” you mention aren’t actually postcards but original lithographies. According to this
site, Thöny created a set of 3 invitation cards for the 1928 Zinnoberfest of the Grazer Sezession, an artists’ group which modeled this reunion on similar reunions organized by Dadaists elsewhere (e.g. Kurt Schwitters in Hanover/Germany in the same year). It is highly likely that the three cards are pretty valuable collectives, as pointed out on the site.

By: Dirk Zorn

Dirk Zorn — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:15:54 +0000

I think the "postcards" you mention aren't actually postcards but original lithographies. According to this site, Thöny created a set of 3 invitation cards for the 1928 Zinnoberfest of the Grazer Sezession, an artists' group which modeled this reunion on similar reunions organized by Dadaists elsewhere (e.g. Kurt Schwitters in Hanover/Germany in the same year). It is highly likely that the three cards are pretty valuable collectives, as pointed out on the site.

By: Eszter Hargittai

Eszter Hargittai — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:12:03 +0000

EJD - That’s mean!;-)

For anyone searching for Thöny/Thony and reading these comments, I’d like to point out that it is my grandmother who added the note about Thöny not Thöny himself. Please ignore e julius drivingstorm’s comment above.

By: e julius drivingstorm

e julius drivingstorm — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:58:41 +0000

“…this page is already among the top hits for it on Google!:).

No. 5, with a bullet. If we wanted, we could make stuff up and disinform ‘em, (harmless stuff like telling your waitress, “Make sure you bring plenty of butter – I’m a diabetic.”)

Looks like somebody named Thony signed these. Since he lost nearly all of his prodigious collection in a fire, we may never know if there are gaps in any Raelian code rumors which may surface pertaining to the remaining body of his work. Feel free to moderate.

By: Twisted_Colour

Twisted_Colour — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:41:48 +0000

Those are some vary scary clowns.

By: Eszter Hargittai

Eszter Hargittai — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:53:09 +0000

The term Zinnoberfest seems to be associated with this artist's name (Wilhelm Thöny) online, not much else (in fact, thanks to its mention in your comment, this page is already among the top hits for it on Google!:). It looks like Thöny's birthplace was Graz so then it would make sense that they would sell reproductions of his work there. My grandmother lived in Hungary, but trips to Austria would make sense.

By: e julius drivingstorm

e julius drivingstorm — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:28:30 +0000

Well, if a zinnoberfest is anything like an octoberfest and your grandmother was 19 years old, I’m sure her memories were, roaring twenties and all… wait, this was in Hungary? Interesting time.