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DIE FLÄCHE. Complete volume of 12,
16-page fascicules. 1903-4.
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inches, 31x21 cm. Schroll u. Co., Vienna.
Condition varies, generally A-: portfolio, loose as
issued, in original cloth-backed, illustrated boards,
covers worn and scuffed; slight foxing on some pages;
a few leaves detached.
Die Fläche
[The Surface] was a most extraordinary
design magazine, straight from the creative heart of
the Wiener Werkstätte, which was established in
1903. Leopold Forstner’s illustrated cover explains
the contents: “Designs for decorative painting,
posters, book and printing equipment, preprinted,
envelope, menu and business cards, illustrations,
wallpapers, black and white art, textile, weaving and
printing, stencils, lead glazings, intarsia, embroidery,
monograms, dress jewelry etc etc etc etc,” and that it
was published by “Felician Baron Myrbach, Josef
Hoffmann, KolomanMoser and Alfred Roller.” The
twelve, 16-page fascicules contain a total of 192
illustrated pages, each with one or more color
illustrations. The works reproduced are by such
masters as Auchentaller, Exler, Klimt, Moser, Krenek,
Roller, Schufinsky as well as many other prominent
Viennese artists. The work is a sumptuous visual feast
of design and color. After this first run, a second (and
final) volume wasn’t printed until 1910.
[12,000/18,000]