Gustav KLIMT - Erste Kunstausstellung, c. 1902 - Original lithographic poster
Erste Kunstausstellung, c. 1902
Original small lithograph poster on wove paper, printed on both sides. Very scarce!
Referenced in Kallir p. 124 ; Koschatzky ; Heller & Pettit p. 16.
FIRST EDITION of this rarely seen periodical.
PLATE: PL. #123.
Dimensions:
+Size of the sheet: 31 x 20,5 cm / 12,2 x 8 in.
+Size of the image: 22,7 x 16,3 cm / 8.9 x 6,5 in.
Condition: In good condition, with some minor folds and soft handling creases at the edges. One notable stain in the margin on the back of the print (check picture). Image clean otherwise. Printed on the back with PLATE #124 by Koloman Moser.
Issued from the very rare and famous set "Die Fläche, Dekorative Entwürfe Neue Folge", Bound I.
Published by Anton Schroll, Wien.
Next to the journal 'Ver Sacrum' ('Sacred Spring'), 'Die Fläche' is one of the most beautiful collections of designs by the artists of the 'Wiener Werkstätte', and the Viennese artist active during the turn of the century, such as Max Benirschke, Johanna Hollmann, Moritz Jung, Gustav Klimt, Minka Podhajska, Rosa Wachsmann, Franz von Zülow and many others.
'Die Fläche' (literally, 'The surface'), produced in portfolio form, was formulated as a 'Musterbuch,' or pattern book, of graphic insignia and poster designs, including posters, book designs (including dust jackets and endpapers), advertisements, wallpapers, textiles and many more.
- 'Die Fläche,' like 'Ver Sacrum,' was conceived as an art object" (Kallir).
Dimensions :
- Height : 31 cm
- Width : 20.5 cm
Gustav Klimt :
(1862-1918) born in Baumgarten (Austria) on July 14th, 1862 and died in Vienna (Austria) on February 6th, 1918.
Gustav Klimt is an austrian symbolist painter, and key figure of the Secession movement, which he founded in 1897 with Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Max Kurzweil, Wilhelm Bernatzik and others. Then already successful, with this movement he was hoping to transform art, and to break off with conservatism. This movement spreaded the Art Nouveau spirit in the whole country, and contributed to transform art in a general sense.
He made more than 200 paintings (including a lot of women's portraits) among which the public knows particularly well he "golden period", in reference to the gold leaves he was using on his canvases.
His work is now exhibited all around the world.
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