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Viribus Unitis 1914-1915

Print
c. 1915 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print depicting an angel with arms outstretched, holding a sword in one hand and a feather in another, and wearing a robe made of flags. Below are a group of soldiers waving standards.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleViribus Unitis 1914-1915 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
linocut print on paper
Brief description
'Viribus Unitis 1914-1915', linocut, Ida Bohatta, Austria, c. 1915
Physical description
Print depicting an angel with arms outstretched, holding a sword in one hand and a feather in another, and wearing a robe made of flags. Below are a group of soldiers waving standards.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.875in
  • Width: 9.9375in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1923, London: Board of Education, 1925.
Marks and inscriptions
Ida Bohatta 15 y (signed in pencil)
Credit line
Given by Professor Cizek
Object history
Ida Bohatta was a student in Professor Franz Cizek's Jugendkunstklasse.Professor Cizek (1865-1946) was initially a genre and portrait painter but became involved with the reform of art education in the early 20th Century. He saw the artistic individuality of a child as characterized by instinctual responses and based his teaching theory around this. In 1897 he founded a school called the Jugendkunstklasse ('Children's art class') for children from the age of three upwards, and in 1904 it was incorporated into the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts (Kunstgewerbeschule), where he taught until 1934.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1923, London: Board of Education, 1925.
Collection
Accession number
E.3330-1923

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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