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Cover Design of the First Founders’ Portfolio of Ver Sacrum with Allegorical Female Head and the Emblem of the Secession, 1899

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Stencil print on paper
37.5×40 cm

Artists

  • Koloman Moser

    (Vienna 1868–1918 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
Throughout the six-year run of the magazine Ver Sacrum, Koloman Moser (1868–1918) created around 140 contributions – from initials to covers – and had a greater impact on the design of the publication than any other artist. This Cover Design of the First Founders’ Portfolio of Ver Sacrum shows Moser’s preference for long, curved lines and large, tapering shapes. The face of the allegorical woman’s head is composed of isolated dark spaces and a web of bright lines that are left blank. The characteristic appearance of the design is influenced by the Japanese stencil print technique of katagami, which had a strong impact on Moser’s artistic process. Moser created another, multi-colored trial proof of this motif in which the emblems of the three arts that surround the female head are tinted red Stencil Print for the Cover Design of the First Founders’ Portfolio of Ver Sacrum with the Emblem of the Secession.

LVD, 2024

Object data

Artist/author
  • Koloman Moser
Title
Cover Design of the First Founders’ Portfolio of Ver Sacrum with Allegorical Female Head and the Emblem of the Secession
Date
1899
Art movement
Secession, Art Nouveau
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Stencil print on paper
Dimensions
37.5×40 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 1652
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Selection of Reference works
  • Koloman Moser 1868-1818, hrsg. von Rudolf Leopold/Gerd Pichler, Wien 2007 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, 25.05.2007-10.09.2007).
Keywords
artists' association/eventswoman/girlSecessionadolescent/young womanornament (round and curved forms)facehead (fem.)

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (o.D.);
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 1994).

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artists' association/eventswoman/girlSecessionadolescent/young womanornament (round and curved forms)facehead (fem.)