Elemér de Kóródy

Elemér de Kóródy was an artist active during the early Modernist period, with his verifiable output documented around 1913. Although specific biographical details regarding nationality and life dates are not broadly recorded, the surviving record of his work places him firmly within the sphere of international artistic engagement with abstraction and geometric analysis.

Kóródy’s approach, primarily documented through drawings, demonstrates a keen interest in the fracturing of form and spatial representation associated with Cubism. The strongest evidence of this commitment is found in the pair of related drawings titled Cubist Study of A Head and Cubist Study of a Head. His work also included detailed, geometric figurative studies, represented by drawings such as Seated Figure and two distinct versions of Standing Figure.

Six drawings by Elemér de Kóródy are currently represented in major institutional holdings. The entirety of his documented works are preserved in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The availability of these items as high-quality prints allows for scholarly access to his contribution to early twentieth-century drawing. As works held in this major collection, these compositions represent museum-quality examples of early Modernist drawing that have entered the public domain. Reproductions of Elemér de Kóródy prints are used today to study the techniques of geometric abstraction.