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Pictures from Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten (Modern Art in Master Woodcuts), Vol 15, Berlin, 1901.
I bought this enourmous book from Jan Placák- Gallery Ztichlá klika in Prague in 2019. It’s an “elephant folio” with pages measuring 410×290mm (roughly 11½×16 inches), including many engravings that fill the page or even double-page spreads and fold-outs.
Despite the title, the images are probably engraved on metal, because wood this size was hard to work with.
The date 1901 for this book is provisional; it could be a few years on either side. I took it from an auction catalogue.
I also have Volume I.
Title: Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV
Editor: Bong, Richard
Published by: Richard Bong
City: Berlin
Date: 1901
Total items: 16
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Christmas Still Life]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ModerneKunst-15/wm/big/077-top-hat-waiter-game-bird-feast-q75-168x200.jpg "[picture: Christmas Still Life]")
![[picture: Border with Green Man and Cherubs]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ModerneKunst-15/wm/big/133-cherub-border-q75-290x200.jpg "[picture: Border with Green Man and Cherubs]")
Border with Green Man and Cherubs
This full-page (landscape) border features two winged cherubs (or putti), one standing on either side, facing three-quarters away from us, the right-hand one holding binoculars up to his eyes. They are standing on an arrangment of vines [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Avenue of Sighs]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ModerneKunst-15/wm/big/plate-069-ghost-in-the-forest-q75-278x200.jpg "[picture: Avenue of Sighs]")
![[picture: A Workshop for Stafe Costumes: The Chiseling]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ModerneKunst-15/wm/big/030-stage-costume-workshop-q75-128x200.jpg "[picture: A Workshop for Stafe Costumes: The Chiseling]")
A Workshop for Stafe Costumes: The Chiseling
A man with short back and sides hair, a suit jacket, and what looks like a green dress but is probably an apron, uses a small hammer with a chisel on a shield. In the background plate armour [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Serpentin-Tanzerin [the serpentine dancer]]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ModerneKunst-15/wm/big/133-tangerine-angel-q67-278x200.jpg "[picture: Serpentin-Tanzerin [the serpentine dancer]]")
Serpentin-Tanzerin [the serpentine dancer]
The German word tänzerin means dancer, but primarily a female one. In this case the title is probably a reference to the film Die Serpentintänzerin which was produced in 1895; the film lasted for only six seconds and showed a barefoot dancer whirling about with a shawl or scarf lifting up over her head as she turned. [more...] [$]
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