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OTTOKAR MASCHA (1852-1929)
2
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ÖSTERREICHISCHE PLAKATKUNST.
Circa 1914.
15
1
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2
x11
3
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4
inches, 39
1
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2
x29
3
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4
cm. J. Löwy, Vienna.
Condition A: contents clean; slight foxing on cover
and restoration along spine. In original linen binding.
This is the only comprehensive book on Austrian
posters during its golden age. It contains works by
Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Koloman Moser,
Julius Klinger, Ernst Deutsch and others, boasting
24 color plates and 176 black-and-white illustra-
tions in all. Although undated, it was probably
published in 1914, and certainly suffered from
appearing right at the beginning of the First World
War, as very few copies have survived. In many ways
it can be considered the
Maîtres de l’Affiche
of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire, with the addition of
scholarly text to complement the images. This is
one of the 200 copies bound in linen; 30 additional
numbered copies were bound in leather and printed
on Japan.
[6,000/9,000]