IDEEN VON OLBRICH

 

OLBRICH, Josef Maria.  IDEEN VON OLBRICH.                                                     

Vienna: Gerlach u. Schenk, (1900). Oblong portfolio (7 3/4 x 9 inches). Color printed portfolio in wrappers in stiff card slip case. Color printed title leaf, dedication leaf, xii pages of text, 78 plates and text in one and two colors, (7) additional color plates printed on one side only,  plus colored lithograph by Olbrich. First edition.

An extensive survey of Olbrich's work including photographs and designs for Villa Friedman, the Darmstadt Colony, the Fourth Secession Exhibition, Villa Stiff, and the Paris Exhibition of 1900.  In addition to the 78 numbered plates, there are an additional seven colored plates printed on one side only (lettered A-G) and one colored lithograph by Olbrich titled "Hauseingang in meine Welt."  A very nice copy in the original slighlty soiled decorative wrapper and plain protective slipcase, most uncommon thus.

 

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