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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
FRANZ VON STÜCK (1863-1928) SECESSION / FRÜHJAHR - AUSSTELLUNG. 41x28 1/4 inches, 104 1/4x71 1/4 cm. Wolf & Sohn, Munich. Condition B+: repaired tears at edges; creases in margins and image; foxing in bottom margin; repaired pin holes in corners. Mounted on Japan. In 1893, Von Stück officially co-founded the Munich Secession movement, and used an image of the head of Athena (the Greek Goddess of Wisdom) on a poster advertising the group's first international exhibition. He had first painted the image in 1891, and when he adapted her for use with the Secession movement he found she fit so well that she continued to appear in most of the movement's subsequent advertising - becoming the de facto emblem of the group. In 1898 Gustav Klimt painted Athena, and she in turn became the emblem for the Vienna Secession as well. We have found examples of this image on exhibition poster as late as 1921. Accurately dating this poster is difficult, but it is one of the few to advertise "electric lighting and warm, pleasant rooms," indicating that this was likely printed in the early 20th century.
