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Fashion Figurine. From the Portfolio “Vienna Fashion 1914/5”, Page I [Selection from Two Portfolios], 1914

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Linocut on paper
30.3×21.6 cm

Artists

  • Maria Likarz-Strauss

    (Przemyśl 1893–1971 Rome)

  • Wiener Werkstätte
Unfortunately not on display at the moment
In 1911, the Wiener Werkstätte established its own fashion department. The impetus behind this was the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk, which was supposed to encompass all areas of life. Aside from other artists, textile and enamel artist, graphic designer and painter Marie Likarz-Strauss (1893–1971) also contributed a number of designs for the art-print portfolio collection Vienna Fashion 1914/15, comprised of a total of 12 portfolios. The first one, from which this print is taken, had a print run of 100, while of all the others only 50 copies were printed. These small numbers illustrate that these portfolios were made less for collectors than for interested customers as presentation images in the sales outlets and studios of the Wiener Werkstätte.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Design: Maria Likarz-Strauss
  • Execution: Wiener Werkstätte
Title
Fashion Figurine. From the Portfolio “Vienna Fashion 1914/5”, Page I [Selection from Two Portfolios]
Date
1914
Art movement
Wiener Werkstätte
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Linocut on paper
Dimensions
30.3×21.6 cm
Signature
Signed lower right: MARIA LIKARZ; designated upper center: I
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 1612
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Selection of Reference works
  • Verborgene Schätze. Kunstwerke suchen Paten!, hrsg. von Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Wien 2016 (Ausst.-Broschüre Leopold Museum, Wien, 29.01.2016–22.02.2016).
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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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