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VER SACRUM. Volumes I and II (12 issues for each year). 1898-1899. Each issue approximately 111/2x111/4 inches. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig. Condition varies: 1898 generally B+: some spines splitting; 1899 generally A. Issues loose as issued, in portfolios with illustrated boards. Ver Sacrum (Sacred Spring) was the official organ of the Vereinigung Bildender Kunstler Oesterreichs, the group responsible for the Vienna Secession movement. It was published between 1898 and 1903, and after 1900 it became a publication for members only. The members of the group provided artwork for the magazine's covers and also took editorial responsibility. From the outset Ver Sacrum was one of the most prestigious and influential periodicals of the period. In addition to the Viennese artists Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann, Josef Maria Olbrich, Alfred Roller, and Sandor Rosenfeld, foreign artists such as Alphonse Mucha and Fernand Khnopff also designed covers. The articles were written by important literary figures of the day including Alfred Loos and Rainer Maria Rilke. The magazine reported on activities of the Secession Movement as well as having special issues dedicated to major artists or special subjects, such as Japanese Art. Important and rare.
