Study for the Frieze at Palais - Stoclet II
Vienna: Austrian State Printing Office, 1931.
Collotype print with chine colle, 19 x 17 7/8 inches. Limited English edition.
The Stoclet Frieze is a series of three mosaics 1905 - 1911 commission for the Stoclet Palace in Brussels, Belgium. This image was in the first panel called 'The expectation'. Printed in 'Gustav Klimt Eine Nachlese (An Aftermath)', a portfolio of 30 collotypes prints, 15 are multi-color and 15 are monochrome, on chine colle paper laid down on heavy cream-wove paper with deckled edges; Max Eisler, Editor-Publisher; Osterreichischer Staatsdruckerei (Austrian State Printing Office), Printer; in a limited edition of 500 numbered examples of which: 200 were printed in German, 150 were printed in French and 150 were printed in English. Max Eisler (1881-1937), the publisher of the 1931 Aftermath portfolio, was an art historian at Vienna University specializing in modern and contemporary arts and crafts whose 1920 book on Klimt was the first Klimt monograph. Some foxing and toning, but otherwise in good condition. Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was a celebrated Austrian symbolist painter and a leader of the Vienna Secession movement. His work, which helped define Art Nouveau in Europe, is known for its ornate style.
Language: English
Price: $550.00
Item #333711