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Adam and Eve. Concept sketch for a painted tapestry for the Salzburg Festival Hall, 1926

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Charcoal, black chalk on paper
184×181.5 cm

Artists

  • Anton Kolig

    (Neutitschein/Nový Jičín 1886–1950 Nötsch im Gailtal)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
The center of this large-format drawing shows a monumental tree with lush foliage. The body of the snake is coiling around the tree’s trunk. Eve is holding the apple of seduction in a coquettish pose towards Adam. Armed with bow and arrow, his stance conveys resistance to the seduction. As we can infer from the signature, Anton Kolig (1886–1950) dedicated this draft for a painted tapestry, drawn with great confidence, to Clemens Holzmeister (1886–1983). Following the artistic decoration of the Vienna Crematorium, the decoration of the Salzburg Festival Hall was the second major commission that the painter had received from the successful architect. The execution of eleven painted tapestries for the newly designed festival hall was awarded to Anton Kolig and the painter Robin Christian Andersen (1890–1969). Contrary to Kolig’s hopes, the financial difficulties of the interwar period did not allow for the realization of the tapestries.

AK, 2023

Object data

Artist/author
Title
Adam and Eve. Concept sketch for a painted tapestry for the Salzburg Festival Hall
Date
1926
Art movement
Nötsch Circle
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Charcoal, black chalk on paper
Dimensions
184×181.5 cm
Signature
Signed and designated lower left: Clemens Holzmeister herzl. von A. Kolig
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 5271
Inventory access
Accession 1997
Selection of Reference works
  • Otmar Rychlik: Anton Kolig 1886-1950. Das malerische Werk, Wien 2001.
Keywords
man/boywoman/girlAdam und Eve: temptation/fallAdam in the Garden of EdenEve offers the fruit to Adamundressed manundressed womantreesnakeapple

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Galerie Magnet, Völkermarkt (vor 1997);
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung (seit 1997).

  1. Archiv des Leopold Museums, Kaufvertrag vom 22.05.1997

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man/boywoman/girlAdam und Eve: temptation/fallAdam in the Garden of EdenEve offers the fruit to Adamundressed manundressed womantreesnakeapple