Gustav Klimt : Erwartung und Erfüllung : Entwürfe zum Mosaikfries im Palais Stoclet Gustav Klimt : expectation and fulfillment : cartoons for the Mosaic Frieze at Stoclet House
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Gustav Klimt : Erwartung und Erfüllung : Entwürfe zum Mosaikfries im Palais Stoclet = Gustav Klimt : expectation and fulfillment : cartoons for the Mosaic Frieze at Stoclet House
Hatje Cantz, 2012
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Catalogue of the exhibition held at the MAK Wien, Vienna, Mar. 21-July 15, 2012
Two folded leaves ill. inserted
Text in German and English
Includes bibliographical references
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Description
In 1905, Adolphe Stoclet commissioned a private mansion in Brussels. A synthesis of the arts, it was decorated by artists from and friends of the Wiener Werkstatte. Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) designed a three-part mosaic frieze consisting of fifteen separate components for the dining room of Stoclet House.
Klimt's famous cartoons, including the motifs Expectation, Fulfillment, and The Tree of Life, were produced in 1910/11. He was very explicit in his instructions to the Wiener Werkstatte about his ideas for the material, nuances of color, and surface reflections. On the occasion of the completion of the frieze's restoration, this publication now traces Klimt's approach and compares his instructions with the pieces of the mosaic executed by the Wiener Werkstatte and relics of their work. It also includes details on the restoration and conservation of the frieze, and sheds light on the appropriation of the motifs in terms of history and art history as well as Klimt's reception of Japanese painting.
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