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Portfolio “The Four Lithographs”, 1920

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Original portfolio of the 4 lithographs
51.5×36.7×0.3 cm

Artists

  • Anton Faistauer

    (St. Martin near Lofer 1887–1930 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
For these four expressive portraits, the artist Anton Faistauer (1887–1930) experimented with unusual perspectives and views. He rendered the faces and bodies of the subjects in spontaneous, coarse lines and shadows. As in snapshots, different emotions are reflected in their mimics. On the cover of the portfolio, the artist stated that his four lithographs had been printed by the renowned printing company of Albert Berger (1863–1931). By 1900, Berger’s printing company counted many important artists and artists’ associations, including the Vienna Secession and the Wiener Werkstätte, among its regular clients. The printing stones were subsequently smoothed to make any further duplication of the lithographs impossible. Faistauer signed the portfolio in his home town of Maishofen in the summer of 1920.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Anton Faistauer
Title
Portfolio “The Four Lithographs”
Date
1920
Art movement
Expressionism
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Original portfolio of the 4 lithographs
Dimensions
51.5×36.7×0.3 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 2127 01
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
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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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