Salon Orchestra Meier
Medium
Color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 9/16 in. (13.9 × 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.508
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Salon Orchestra Meier**, a vibrant color lithograph created in 1911 by Moriz Jung for the Wiener Werkstätte captures the playful spirit of early 20th-century Viennese satire. Jung, a skilled illustrator associated with this influential design collective, pokes fun at the ubiquitous salon orchestras—small ensembles that entertained middle-class homes and cafés with light classical fare. The tiny sheet (just 5½ × 3⅝ inches) suggests it was designed as a postcard or promotional print, perfectly sized for everyday sharing in Vienna's bustling cultural scene. Printed using the color lithography ...
About the Artist
Moriz Jung|Wiener Werkstätte · 1885–1915
Austrian (born Czechoslovakia) Moravia 1885–1915 Manilowa (Carpathians)|