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Ver Sacrum Calender for 1903


Ver Sacrum Kalender 1903
Illustrated by: Alfred Roller (Austrian, 1864–1935)
Illustrated by: Friedrich König (Austrian, 1857–1941)
Illustrated by: Ferdinand Andri (Austrian, 1871–1956)
Illustrated by: Emil Orlik (Czech, 1870–1932)
Illustrated by: Wilhelm List (Austrian, 1864–1919)
Illustrated by: Koloman Moser (Austrian, 1868–1918)
Illustrated by: Leopold Stolba (Austrian, 1863–1929)
Illustrated by: Elena Luksch-Makovsky (Austrian, 1878–1967)
Illustrated by: Karl Müller (German)
Illustrated by: Maximilian Kurzweil (Austrian, born in Moravia, 1867–1916)
Illustrated by: Rudolf Jettmar (Polish, 1869–1939)
1902
Place of Publication: Vienna, Austria

Medium/Technique Illustrated book containing 12 monthly calendars, each accompanied by a figurative two-color woodcut image printed from stereotypes
Dimensions Overall: 25.6 x 24.4 x 0.6 cm (10 1/16 x 9 5/8 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number2006.1961
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Vienna: Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs [1902]

Description(Vienna: Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs [1902]) Quarto; [14 ff., plus 2 stubs]; original publisher's printed beige wrappers (cream-colored manila folder, green cloth spine).

Special issue of Ver Sacrum, printed in edition of 500 copies under the editorial direction of Kurzweil, Moser, Roller, and Stolba. While the illustrations are here printed by photomechanical stereotypes, subscribers and friends could purchase impressions of the original woodcuts from the artists. The highly inventive lettering for the calendar pages is by Roller; it notably inspired similar psychedelic lettering in the 1960s (see, for instance, 2005.423).
ProvenanceF. A. Bernett, Inc., Boston (February 2006); 2006, sold by F.A. Bernett to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2006)