Label TextAnton Johann Nepomuk Seder (German, 1850–1916) was trained in Munich. He was a painter who served as director of the School for Applied Art and Design in Strasburg, Germany. Stylistically, his art comes out of the Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) movement. His many designs for the decorative arts were published in portfolios of color lithographs. This color print of fish by Seder is plate number 10 from his most famous portfolio, “Das Thier in der Decorativen Kunst” (The Animal in Decorative Art), printed in Vienna in 1896. The donor, Charles M. Young, is a private print dealer based in Portland, Connecticut. These are the first works from the Jugendstil movement to enter the permanent collections.
Source: News, Apr May Jun 2015.
Lithographer
A. Berger
Printer
A. Berger
Publisher
Gerlach & Schenk
DimensionsSheet: 21 5/16 × 16 5/16 in. (54.1 × 41.4 cm)
Image: 15 3/4 × 11 9/16 in. (40 × 29.4 cm)
Image: 15 3/4 × 11 9/16 in. (40 × 29.4 cm)
Accession Number 2015.28
Classificationsprint
CopyrightPublic Domain
SignedA Seder (image u,l)
InscriptionsL'Animal (u,l); Das Thier (u,c); The Animal (u,r); Lith u Druck v(on) A. Berger (l,l); Verlag Gerlach & Schenk in Wien (l,r); Depooé Registered (l,r)
Portfolio/Series"Das Thier in der Decorativen Kunst, Serie 1-2 (The Animal in Decorative Art Series 1 and 2)"
MarksPublic Library Detroit, Mich. (perforated lettering, right margin)
Paper/Supportheavy weight, smooth, cream wove paper
ProvenanceThe Detroit Public Library [deaccesioned]; Charles M. and Susan Alyson Young, Portland, CT [acquired from the previous]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2015]
