Koloman Moser (Vienna 1868 - 1918 Vienna) (Vienna 1868 ...

Koloman Moser

(Vienna 1868 - 1918 Vienna)

„Design for the Angel Window in the Otto Wagner Church at Steinhof“
1905
gouache, India ink on paper; framed
445 x 145 cm
estate stamp in the lower part (twice)
design for the right side window, angel window west side (The Physical Achievements of Mercy)

A design for another side window is in the Leopold Museum, Vienna (inv. no. 5270). The design for "The Expulsion from Paradise", the window on the outer entrance side of the church at Steinhof, is in the Musée d'Orsay, collections of the Louvre (inv. no. RF 38586, Recto, Département des Arts graphiques).

Provenance

from the estate of the artist;
private collection, Vienna

Exhibition

1908 Vienna, Kunstschau (Room 16)

Literature

Daniele Baroni/Antonio D'Auria, Kolo Moser. Grafico e designer, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milano 1984, ill. p. 77 (ill. trimmed at the bottom);
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein/Christian Witt-Dörring/Elisabeth Schmuttermeier (ed.), Koloman Moser. Universalkünstler zwischen Gustav Klimt und Josef Hoffmann, (exhibition catalogue, MAK, Vienna, 19.12.2018-22.04.2019), Vienna/Basel 2019, colour ill. no. 35, p. 231;
Maria Rennhofer, Koloman Moser. Leben und Werk. 1868-1918, Vienna 2002, colour ill. p. 163 (ill. trimmed at the bottom);
cf.: Rudolf Leopold/Gerd Pichler (ed.), Koloman Moser 1868-1818, (exhibition catalogue, Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Vienna, 25.05.2007-10.09.2007), Vienna 2007, ill. no. 13, p. 258, design for the west side window (the German-language edition erroneously shows the design for the east side window)

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