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VER SACRUM. Magazine cover. November, 1898.
11x11 inches, 28x28 cm. Gerlach & Schenk, Vienna.
Condition A-: soft creases and two minor stains in image. Matted and framed. Unexamined out of frame.
The magazine,
Ver Sacrum
[Sacred Spring], was the official printed vehicle of the Vereinigung Bildender
Künstler Oesterreichs, the group responsible for the Vienna Secession. The magazine first appeared in
1898. For a short period beginning in 1897, Mucha was a member of the Viennese Secession. In
addition to his cover design, this issue also contained two of his designs for the
Chocolat Masson
calendar.
Grand Palais L. 37, Triumph des Jugendstils 106, Mucha / Henderson R14.
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