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Stencil Print for the Cover Design of the First Founders’ Portfolio of Ver Sacrum with the Emblem of the Secession, 1899

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Stencil print on paper
43×35.1 cm

Artists

  • Koloman Moser

    (Vienna 1868–1918 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
Throughout the six-year run of the magazine Ver Sacrum, Koloman Moser (1868–1918) created around 140 contributions – from initials to covers – and had a greater impact on the design of the publication than any other artist. This Cover Design of the First Founders’ Portfolio of Ver Sacrum shows Moser’s preference for long, curved lines and large, tapering shapes. The face of the allegorical woman’s head is composed of isolated dark spaces and a web of bright lines that are left blank. Moser colored the emblems of the three arts that surround the female head in red. The characteristic appearance of the design is influenced by the Japanese stencil technique of katagami, which had a strong impact on Moser’s artistic process. In slightly modified colors, this print decorated the cover of the founders’ issue and was published in the 4th issue of Ver Sacrum in 1899, which also discussed “The Spirit of Japanese Art”.

LVD, 2024

Object data

Artist/author
  • Koloman Moser
Title
Stencil Print for the Cover Design of the First Founders’ Portfolio of Ver Sacrum with the Emblem of the Secession
Date
1899
Art movement
Art Nouveau, Secession
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Stencil print on paper
Dimensions
43×35.1 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 6041
Inventory access
Accession 2016 2017
Keywords
woman/girlSecessionVer Sacrumhairornament (round and curved forms)head (fem.)

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Auktion: 23.09.1993, Sotheby’s London, Vienna 1900, Los Nr. 101;
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (1993-2010); (1)
Privatsammlung Leopold, Wien (2010-2017); (2)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 2017)

  1. artprice.com: https://de.artprice.com/artist/20510/koloman-moser/zeichnung-aquarell/1067584/woman-s-head-with-the-emblem-of-the-scession-the-three-muses?p=7 (abgefragt am 31.10.2023)
  2. Archiv des Leopold Museums, Kaufvertrag und Rechnung vom 30.03.2017

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woman/girlSecessionVer Sacrumhairornament (round and curved forms)head (fem.)

2023/2024 Partial funding for digitization by the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport „Kulturerbe digital“ as part of NextGenerationEU.