Hatpin Ballad (Hutnadelballade)
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.360
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Hatpin Ballad (Hutnadelballade)**, a witty color lithograph by Moriz Jung of the Wiener Werkstätte dates to 1911 and captures the playful satire of early 20th-century Viennese design. Produced during the height of the Wiener Werkstätte's influence—a collective blending Art Nouveau elegance with modernist precision—this small print (just 5½ × 3⅝ inches) exemplifies the group's innovative approach to graphics. Jung, a skilled illustrator, skewers the era's extravagant women's fashion, particularly the towering hats adorned with sharp, eye-poking hatpins that became a public hazard. The color ...
About the Artist
Moriz Jung|Wiener Werkstätte · 1885–1915
Austrian (born Czechoslovakia) Moravia 1885–1915 Manilowa (Carpathians)|