Ballad of the Involuntary and Voluntary Fall (Ballade vom unfreiwilligen und vom freiwilligen Sturz)
Medium
Color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 9/16 in. (14 × 9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Museum Accession, transferred from the Library
Accession Number
WW.406
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1911, amid Vienna's vibrant Secessionist art scene, Moriz Jung *Ballad of the Involuntary and Voluntary Fall as part of the Wiener Werkstätte, a pioneering collective founded in 1903 by Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser. This Arts and Crafts-inspired workshop championed exquisite craftsmanship in everything from jewelry to graphics, blending Jugendstil elegance with modern motifs. Jung, a skilled graphic artist, captured the era's thrill and peril of early aviation—a time when airplanes were novel spectacles, prone to dramatic crashes just eight years after the Wright brothers' first flight....
About the Artist
Moriz Jung|Wiener Werkstätte · 1885–1915
Austrian (born Czechoslovakia) Moravia 1885–1915 Manilowa (Carpathians)|