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Secession I
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), Secession I, 1898. Poster. Color lithograph, 97 x 69 cm. Gift of Bates Lowry. 207.1968. The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Klimt adopts the use of white space and asymmetrical design of Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898). Goddess Athena, who personified wisdom, is the figure at the right. This ties the text at the bottom of the poster with the frieze-like panel at the top, which depicts Theseus fighting the Minotaur, symbolizing the artistic struggle against philistinism,…
Klimt adopts the use of white space and asymmetrical design of Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898). Goddess Athena, who personified wisdom, is the figure at the right. This ties the text at the bottom of the poster with the frieze-like panel at the top, which depicts Theseus fighting the Minotaur, symbolizing the artistic struggle against philistinism,…
Secession II
Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867-1908), Secession II, 1898. Poster. Color lithograph, 58 x 51 cm. Acquired by exchange. 329.1977. The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867-1908) was the architect of the Secession building. He also designed this poster with its elegant cursive “S”s. Richard Harflinger (1873-1948) remade the poster for a 1913 exhibition of Secession posters.
Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867-1908) was the architect of the Secession building. He also designed this poster with its elegant cursive “S”s. Richard Harflinger (1873-1948) remade the poster for a 1913 exhibition of Secession posters.
Secession XIV, Beethoven
Alfred Roller (1864-1935), Secession XIV (Beethoven). Poster. Color lithograph, 230 x 80 cm. Gift of Joseph H. Heil, by exchange. 148.2010. The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Alfred Roller (1864-1935) was a painter and designer. For the Beethoven exhibition Roller designed this very tall poster with a near life-size drawing of a bowed woman symbolically presenting an orb of light. The text is in bold, condensed lettering which features in Roller’s other graphic designs of this period.
Alfred Roller (1864-1935) was a painter and designer. For the Beethoven exhibition Roller designed this very tall poster with a near life-size drawing of a bowed woman symbolically presenting an orb of light. The text is in bold, condensed lettering which features in Roller’s other graphic designs of this period.
Secession XVI
Alfred Roller (1864-1935), Secession XVI, 1902. Poster. Color lithograph, 95 x 32 cm. Gift of Jo Carole and Robert S. Lauder. 149.2010. The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
The word “Secession” is in a short blunt curvilinear hand except for the three “S”s which are extremely elongated and seem to rest on dense block of text, like a woodblock but carved with a slight white line to delineate the letters. Behind the text is a pale red geometrical pattern.
The word “Secession” is in a short blunt curvilinear hand except for the three “S”s which are extremely elongated and seem to rest on dense block of text, like a woodblock but carved with a slight white line to delineate the letters. Behind the text is a pale red geometrical pattern.