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PAN, 1 volume of a 10-volume set

Editor: Otto Julius Bierbaum
Editor: Julius Meier-Graefe (German, 1867–1935)
Editor: Richard Graul
Publisher: F. Fontane & Co. (German)
S. Wenban
Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish, 1860–1920)
Max Klinger (German, 1857–1920)
Ernst Moritz Geyger (German, 1861–1941)
Hans Thoma (German, 1839–1924)
Franz von Stuck (German, 1863–1928)
Otto Eckmann (German, 1865–1902)
Josef Sattler (German, 1863–1928)
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (French (born in Switzerland), 1859–1923)
Félix Edouard Vallotton (Swiss (active in France), 1865–1925)
Gabriel von Max (Austrian, 1840–1915)
Edmond-François Aman-Jean (French, 1860–1935)
1895-1900

Medium/Technique Various print processes; original green linen binding
Dimensions Height x width (each volume): 37.5 × 29.8 cm (14 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Irving W. and Charlotte F. Rabb Fund for the Acquisition of Prints and Drawings and Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow Fund
Accession Number2021.616.1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
This elaborately designed periodical, published in Germany between 1895-1900, strongly influenced contemporary international print culture during its active years of publication, and its impact remains evident today. At the time of publication the periodical was an important vehicle for the dissemination of what the editors considered the best in contemporary art and literature, featuring current fiction and poetry alongside original contemporary prints in each issue. In addition to promoting works by established progressive artists in continental Europe, England and the United States, the editors of PAN were also strongly committed in their support of young or emerging artists and designers, including Käthe Kollwitz, Bernhard Pankok, William Rothenstein and Emil Orlik, to name but a few.

DescriptionPeriodical first published by the PAN Society and edited by Otto Julius Bierbaum und Julius Meier-Graefe; from Heft 3 onward edited by Richard Graul and Cäsar Flaischlen, later Flaischlen alone. From Heft 3/1896 published by F. Fontane & Co., Berlin.
21 "Hefte" published from April 1895 - April 1900, bound in 10 volumes, in the original green linen binding of the publisher with a cover illustration by Franz Stuck.
Extensively illustrated, PAN also contains 234 individual plates of which 110 are original prints by the following artists:
Felicien Rops, Felix Valloton, Max Liebermann, Maurice Dumont, Sion Longley Wenban, Anders Zorn, Ernst Moritz Geyger, Max Klinger, Hans Thoma, Otto Eckmann, Franz Naager, Ernst Klotz, Karl Staufer-Bern, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Peter Halm, Carl Theodor Meyer-Basel, Jakob Gerard Veldheer, Eugen Kirchner, Albert Krüger, Otto Ubbelohde, Otto Gambert, Walter Leistikow, Franz Skarbina, Martin Hönemann, Charles Maurin, Otto Fischer, Otto Greiner, Max Pietschmann, Hans Unger, Karl Mediz, Georg Lührig, Wilhelm Volz, Otto Reim, Gustav Kampmann, Bernhard Pankok, Karl Köpping, Hans Olde, Artur Illies, William Rothenstein, Joseph Pennell, William Strang, Ludwig von Hofmann, André Lévillé, Wilhelm Leibl, Felix Hollenberg, Jan Veth, Emil Orlik, William Nicholson, Maurice Denis, Auguste Rodin, Leopold Graf von Kalckreuth, Henri Héran, Hippolyte Petitjean, Paul Signac, Maximilian Luce, Theo van Rysselberghe, Henri-Edmond Cross, Henri van de Velde, Peter Behrens, Hans von Volkmann, Maximilian Freiherr von Fichard, Albert Baertsoen, Sion Longley Wenban and Käthe Kollwitz.
ProvenanceBy 1990, private collection, Germany; 2020, consigned by Antiquariat Günter Linke (dealer), Berlin to Georgina Kelman (dealer), New York; 2021, sold by Georgina Kelman to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 30, 2021)