DESIGNED BY FRANZ VON ZULÖW PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, CIRCA 1912

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'DIE 12 MONATE', LITHOGRAPHIC CALENDAR
DESIGNED BY FRANZ VON ZULÖW PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, CIRCA 1912
thirteen sheets, including 'Four Seasons' page, in original folio with lithographic title page; sold with: letter from Vally Wielselthier, on Contempora Inc USA headed paper, to Wilhelm Haeussler, Munich; wartime Christmas card made by Josef Hoffmann, autographed by Hoffmann on the reverse, 1940s; letter/drawing from Emmy Zweybrück, Rena and Rudolph Rosenthal and Vally Weiselthier, in New York, dated June 1933; two childrens' books, with graphics by Emmy Zweybrück, and Childrens Coloured Paper Work, 24 lithographs in folder, with printed introduction by by Franz Cizek
various sizes (7)

Provenance

Former WW employee, later friend and associate of Josef Hoffmann

Lot Essay

Franz von Zulöw designed textiles, fans, painted boxes and wallpaper for the WW, as well as the present portfolio. He was also commissioned to design a stencilled frieze for the nursery at the Palais Stoclet, which was ultimately rejected by Stoclet.
The ink sketch by Emmy Zweybrück also included in this lot (illustrated left) poignantly records a moment in time when thousands of Austrian Jews began a massive emigration to America to avoid the growing oppression from Nazi Germany.

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