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Kunstausstellung der Vereinigung Bildender Kunstler, Österreichs Secession

Koloman Moser and Albert Berger

Kunstausstellung der Vereinigung Bildender Kunstler, Österreichs Secession

1898

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Kunstausstellung der Vereinigung Bildender Kunstler, Österreichs Secession

1898

Physical Qualities Color tusche and tusche wash lithograph, Framed: 43 3/4 × 31 5/8 in. (111 × 80 cm.)
Credit Line Collection of LeRoy E. Hoffberger and Paula Gately Tillman Hoffberger
Object Number 2017.26
Kolomon Moser’s embrace of Art Nouveau is evinced here by his curvilinear and asymmetrical composition of a beautiful winged youth with cascading hair perched upon the stem of a flower. Moser worked closely with the Austrian master printer Albert Berger (who printed most of the Austrian posters displayed in this exhibition) to realize this poster, which was printed from three large lithographic stones—one for pink, another for red, and a third for gold. By printing the flat areas of red and gold over the pink, the artist allowed the lines of pink to show through and define the various parts of the composition. The one exception is the lettering at lower left, where Moser cleverly reversed the positive and negative play of red and pink to highlight the association’s name.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2017; LeRoy Hoffberger, Baltimore; purchased from Bernice Jackson, June 1986
Sacred Spring: Vienna Secession Posters from the Collection of LeRoy E. Hoffberger and Paula Gately Tillman

Inscribed: Recto: in stone, at bottom left: V. Kunstausstellung der „Vereinigung bildender Künstler Österreichs Secession“

Artist

Koloman Moser

1867–1917

Austrian, 1868-1918
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Printer

Albert Berger

2000–2000

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