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Heiligenstadt, Pfarrplatz 2, Beethoven Houses No. 5, 1903 - 1906

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Woodcut on paper
23.7×23.6 cm

Artists

  • Carl Moll

    (Vienna 1861–1945 Vienna)

  • Wiener Werkstätte
Unfortunately not on display at the moment
Carl Moll (1861–1945) used the technique of the woodcut for his series of Beethoven Houses. After a first high point in the Renaissance period, namely, with Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), the technique went all but out of use before it was rediscovered by Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) und Edvard Munch (1863–1944) and saw its bloom in Vienna around 1900. In woodcutting, the artist first transfers a drawing onto a panel of, mostly, nut, peach, or yew wood and then lifts off or carves out the intended white, non-printing areas with a knife or gouge. The resultant raised areas take up the color which is put to paper under the printing press.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Carl Moll
  • Execution: Wiener Werkstätte
Title
Heiligenstadt, Pfarrplatz 2, Beethoven Houses No. 5
Date
1903 - 1906
Art movement
Art Nouveau
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Woodcut on paper
Dimensions
23.7×23.6 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 6036
Inventory access
Accession 2016 2017
Selection of Reference works
  • Christian Huemer/Stella Rollig u.a.: Carl Moll. Monografie und Werkverzeichnis, Wien 2020.
Catalogue raisonne
  • Rollig/Huemer, 2020: DG 18
Keywords

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Privatsammlung Leopold, Wien; (1)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 2017).

  1. Archiv des Leopold Museums, Kaufvertrag und Rechnung vom 30.03.2017

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