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Cover of the Catalog of the Furniture Company Jacob & Josef Kohn, c. 1908

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Color lithograph with gold print on paper
33.4×33.5 cm

Artists

  • Koloman Moser

    (Vienna 1868–1918 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
Koloman Moser (1868–1918) created not only furniture designs for the bentwood furniture company Jacob & Josef Kohn, but also graphic designs, such as this advertisement. The text is set in a horizontal rectangle, which is framed by a monogram of Jacob & Josef Kohn on the one side and a coat of arms of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy on the other side. Above it looms an Egyptianized female figure. In her raised right hand, she is holding a decorated mirror that also shows the monogram. The figure is framed on either side by marginal decorations with geometric patterns. The vertical lines and rectangles of the marginal decorations also appear on her planar clothing, but here they are complemented by curved lines, spirals and vegetable ornaments. Moser’s design was not only used for Italian-speaking areas, like the present example, but was also integrated in posters and leaflets for the branches of Jacob & Josef Kohn in Russia and Berlin.

LVD, 2024

Object data

Artist/author
  • Koloman Moser
Title
Cover of the Catalog of the Furniture Company Jacob & Josef Kohn
Date
c. 1908
Art movement
Art Nouveau
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Color lithograph with gold print on paper
Dimensions
33.4×33.5 cm
Signature
Designated lower center: AMMOBIGLIAMENTI-COMPLETI DELLA PRIMA SOCIETA AUSTRIACA PER AZIONI PER LA FABBRICAZIONE DI MOBILI IN LEGNO CURVATO JACOB & JOSEF-KOHN VIENNA MILANO-VIA OREFICI ANGOLO VITTOR HUGO 2 NAPOLI-STRADA DI CHIAIA 3e4
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 1658
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
woman/girladolescent/young womandress/gownornament (round and curved forms)clothes/costumestanding figure (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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woman/girladolescent/young womandress/gownornament (round and curved forms)clothes/costumestanding figure (fem.)