Sema Mappe
Schiele, Egon, Paul Klee, Alfred Kubin et al
Munich. Delphin Verlag. 1912
The scarce complete portfolio of the Sema group with signed original graphics by Klee, Kubin, Schinnerer and others and including Egon Schiele's first original print.
This portfolio, published in 1912, is one of the first collaborative graphic projects committed to a modern conception of art and marks the beginning of the long series of portfolios, a form adopted and used by almost all art movements, of the 20th century.
'Sema' (from the Greek word for 'sign') was an international artists' association founded in Munich in 1911. The members included Paul Klee, Alfred Kubin, Egon Schiele, Max Oppenheimer, Karl Caspar, Edwin Scharff and others. The 'Sema' group is most remembered for its exhibitions at the Moderne Galerie Thannhauser in Munich and for the portfolio presented here, the 'Sema Mappe', published by the Delphin-Verlag. Featuring 15 lithographs (see below), the portfolio is most significant for the first work in lithography by Paul Klee (he had made a number of etchings prior to this) and the first print in any medium by Egon Schiele. The group was short-lived and even by the end of 1911, Klee had met Kandinsky and joined the editorial team of 'Der Blaue Reiter'; the group was dissolved when Klee left 'Sema' for 'Der Balue Reiter'.
The portfolio contains the following works, each signed by the relevant artist in pencil, as listed on the title: Karl Caspar - 'Pietà'; Maria Caspar-Filler - 'Römische Landschaft'; August Fricke - 'Die Einfältigen'; Robert Gennin - 'Am Brunnen'; Frank S. Herrmann - 'Italienischer Hof'; Fritz Hofmann-Juan - 'Notre=Dame de Paris'; Gustav Jagerspacher - 'Bettler'; Paul Klee - 'Flußlandschaft'; Alfred Kubin - 'Der Flüchtling'; Max Oppenheimer - 'Anatomie'; Edwin Schaarff - 'Gehende Männer'; Egon Schiele - 'Akt'; Adolf Schinnerer - 'Badende Frauen'; Julius Wolfgang Schülein - 'Netzflicker'; Carl Schwalbach - 'Liebespaar'.
This portfolio, published in 1912, is one of the first collaborative graphic projects committed to a modern conception of art and marks the beginning of the long series of portfolios, a form adopted and used by almost all art movements, of the 20th century.
'Sema' (from the Greek word for 'sign') was an international artists' association founded in Munich in 1911. The members included Paul Klee, Alfred Kubin, Egon Schiele, Max Oppenheimer, Karl Caspar, Edwin Scharff and others. The 'Sema' group is most remembered for its exhibitions at the Moderne Galerie Thannhauser in Munich and for the portfolio presented here, the 'Sema Mappe', published by the Delphin-Verlag. Featuring 15 lithographs (see below), the portfolio is most significant for the first work in lithography by Paul Klee (he had made a number of etchings prior to this) and the first print in any medium by Egon Schiele. The group was short-lived and even by the end of 1911, Klee had met Kandinsky and joined the editorial team of 'Der Blaue Reiter'; the group was dissolved when Klee left 'Sema' for 'Der Balue Reiter'.
The portfolio contains the following works, each signed by the relevant artist in pencil, as listed on the title: Karl Caspar - 'Pietà'; Maria Caspar-Filler - 'Römische Landschaft'; August Fricke - 'Die Einfältigen'; Robert Gennin - 'Am Brunnen'; Frank S. Herrmann - 'Italienischer Hof'; Fritz Hofmann-Juan - 'Notre=Dame de Paris'; Gustav Jagerspacher - 'Bettler'; Paul Klee - 'Flußlandschaft'; Alfred Kubin - 'Der Flüchtling'; Max Oppenheimer - 'Anatomie'; Edwin Schaarff - 'Gehende Männer'; Egon Schiele - 'Akt'; Adolf Schinnerer - 'Badende Frauen'; Julius Wolfgang Schülein - 'Netzflicker'; Carl Schwalbach - 'Liebespaar'.
[18 unnumbered leaves]. Folio. (460 x 410 mm). Leaf with title in red and black with publisher's vignette and justification verso, leaf weith list of artists and their contributions, leaf with introductory text and 15 original lithographs by various artists (see below) each signed at lower right or left in pencil; sheet size: 450 x 400 mm or the reverse. Original publisher's red card-backed cream card board portfolio with flaps, circular red label to front cover.
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