Page 10 - Swann Galleries - Modernist Posters - Sale 2314 - May 13, 2013

HEINRICH LEFLER (1863-1919)
3 ● JUBILÄUMS KUNSTAUSSTELLUNG. 1898.
241/4x17 3/4 inches, 61 1/2 x45 cm. S. Czeiger, Vienna.
Condition B-: repaired tears, losses and staining at edges; creases, abrasions and restoration in margins and image.
Lefler was a painter, commercial graphic designer and book illustrator. He was a member of Vienna’s
Kunstlerhaus, joined the Secession and became a founding member of the Hagenbund in 1900. He
often worked with his brother-in-law and fellow Secession member Josef Urban, and was in charge of
set design at the Vienna Opera under Gustav Mahler from 1900-1903. On the occasion of the 50th
anniversary of Kaiser Franz Josef’s assumption of the throne, Vienna spent most of 1898 celebrating
the Jubilee in various ways. This poster, for an exhibition by the members of the Kunstlerhaus, was
held one year after the founding of the more famous Secession movement. Here, Lefler employs
imagery which clearly indicates his awareness of the Secession movement. [1,000/1,500]
RAIMUND JAHN (DATES UNKNOWN)
4 ● WOHLTÄTIGKEITS - FEST / STADTHALLE CREFELD. 1908.
541/2x23 inches, 1381/2x58 1/2 cm. Kleinsche Druckerei, Crefeld.
Condition B: repaired tears at edges, some affecting text and image; restored losses, creases, abrasions,
restoration and overpainting in margins and image; horizontal fold. Two-sheets.
Although very little information exists about Raimund Jahn, contemporary German magazines and
books cite him as a Vienna-born professor of painting and bookbinding in Krefeld, Germany. For this
festival exhibition, Jahn creates an image which echoes many stylistic and visual tenets of the Secession.
The same image was also used on a postcard for the event. [3,000/4,000]
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