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Five Schools, Built to Deepen · Plakat — the Object Poster
Wiener Werkstätte Mode Stoffe Kunstgewerbe Messausstellungen, Messepalast und Kärntnerstrasse 32
Wiener Werkstätte exhibition poster, 1921
What it is
The Cooper Hewitt catalogues this 1921 poster's central motif precisely: the head of a woman whose hair is drawn as a grape vine with spear-shaped leaves.
Why it matters
It announces the Wiener Werkstätte's exhibition of fashion fabrics and decorative arts at the Messepalast and Kärntnerstrasse 32. The designer is not recorded.
What to notice
A woman's hair becomes a grape vine - the Vienna Workshops advertising themselves in their own ornamental language.
One object, one word, and nothing wasted.
Provenance
- School
- Plakat — the Object Poster (Various)
- Format
- Exhibition poster
- Poster published
- Wiener Werkstätte exhibition poster, 1921
- Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · 1997-102-1
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
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