King's Hall Building, 1223 Ste. Catherine Street West, MontrealArtwork Info About the Artist November 1979 Gelatin silver print Signed, au verso Printed in 1979 Unframed Gabor Szilasi became interested in photography after he was forced to interrupt his medical studies in Hungary, having been blacklisted after attempting to flee the country to escape the incoming communist regime in 1949. From November 15 25 1956, Szilasi used his camera to document the Hungarian Revolution. Escaping from Hungary in 1957, Szilasi