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Schwertlilien (Irises) ---1895, Color Woodcut.

Edition not stated. Signed with the artist’s chop in the block, lower left. Titled and annotated in linotype beneath the image.

Image size 8 9/16 x 4 15/16 inches (217 x 125 mm); sheet size 13 1/2 x 10 inches (343 x 254 mm).

A fine impression, with fresh colors, on buff wove paper. The full sheet with margins (1 3/4 to 3 inches); slight toning to the sheet edges, not affecting the image, otherwise in excellent condition. Printed by Gieseke und Devrient in Leipzig, Germany.

Published in Pan, the leading German magazine of the period devoted to art and literature, of which Eckmann was an important contributor.

Collections: Fine Arts Musuems of San Francisco, Los Angeles County Musuem of Art.

Otto Eckmann (1865–1902) was a German painter, printmaker and Art Nouveau designer. He was a prominent member of the "floral" branch of Jugendstil (German Art Nouveau). Devoting himself to applied arts and graphic design, he created the type fonts Eckmann and Fette Eckmann (influenced by Japanese script, just as his woodcuts show the influence of Japanese printmaking), probably the most common Jugendstil fonts still in use today. Eckmann was a co-founder of the Munich secession, a group of visual artists who broke away from the mainstream Munich Artists' Association in 1892. They called for a transformation of the outmoded principles and prevailing conservative conception of what constituted 'art' and promoted the idea of artists' freedom to present works their directly to the public.

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Flowers, Irises, Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, Arts and Crafts color woodcut


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