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Gustav Klimt
"Die Hexe" Art Nouveau Lithograph by Gustav Klimt for Ver Sacrum

1898

$4,200
£3,226.70
€3,707.45
CA$5,907.82
A$6,637.17
CHF 3,467.93
MX$81,009.78
NOK 44,032.61
SEK 41,447.43
DKK 27,666.35

About the Item

Ver Sacrum (meaning "Sacred Spring" in Latin) was conceived by Gustav Klimt, Max Kurzweil and Ludwig Hevesi. During its six years of activity, 471 original drawings were made specifically for the magazine, along with 55 lithographs and copper engravings and 216 block prints, by artists such as Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Koloman Moser, Otto Wagner, Max Fabiani, Joseph Maria Olbrich and Josef Hoffmann. Writers such as Rainer Maria Rilke, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Maurice Maeterlinck, Knut Hamsun, Otto Julius Bierbaum, Richard Dehmel, Ricarda Huch, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer and Arno Holz were published in its pages. Ver Sacrum reveals the tremendous originality of the Jugendstil language, a cornerstone of modernity that elaborated new forms of design, illustration and print/editorial composition. - Valerio Terraroli, Neue Museum of Art
  • Creator:
    Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918, Austrian)
  • Creation Year:
    1898
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 11.2 in (28.45 cm)Width: 11.8 in (29.98 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Chicago, IL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU467314336662

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