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Fashion Figurine. From the Portfolio Collection “Vienna Fashion 1914/5”, Page VI [Selection from two Portfolios], 1914

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Colored linocut on paper
30.5×21.2 cm

Artists

  • Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill

    (Vienna 1882–1961 Vienna)

  • 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, the interior architect, designer, stage designer, fashion designer and painter Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill (1882–1961) 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.

MR, 2023

Object data

Artist/author
  • Design: Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill
  • Execution: Wiener Werkstätte
Title
Fashion Figurine. From the Portfolio Collection “Vienna Fashion 1914/5”, Page VI [Selection from two Portfolios]
Date
1914
Art movement
Wiener Werkstätte
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Colored linocut on paper
Dimensions
30.5×21.2 cm
Signature
Signed and dated lower left: Wimmer 1914; designated upper center with pencil: VI
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).
Keywords
design/arts and craftfashionadolescent/young womanstanding figure (fem.)head-gearjacket/coat/cape

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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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design/arts and craftfashionadolescent/young womanstanding figure (fem.)head-gearjacket/coat/cape