Surprise!
Rare and Hidden Treasures
The Leopold Collection distinguishes itself from other compilations on Austrian Modernism through its great variety of objects beyond paintings, sculptures and drawings. Are you familiar with Koloman Moser’s examples of marbled paper, for instance, which were used as book covers and recognized as autonomous works? Have you tried to decipher Gustav Klimt’s handwriting in one of his letters? Have you ever seen a more delicate item of clothing than the silk taffeta top from the Flöge sisters’ fashion salon? Did you know that Egon Schiele’s extensive folk art collection comprised a small wooden horse which he immortalized in one of his paintings? Have you explored the scintillating wealth of ideas that characterized exhibition posters around 1900 or imagined taking a seat on Josef Hoffmann’s Seating Machine? The selection of objects presented here invites you to browse the collection of the Leopold Museum for unusual and surprising items.