Large, square quarto. 329p. With 412 illustrations, 100 in color. Gilt-titled cloth in colored patterns

"The Vienna Secession - one of the most important movements in the history of twentieth-century art - chose for its official organ the intriguing name of VER SACRUM, the ancient Roman custom of offering the entire produce of a spring to the gods. In the heroic years that followed their 1897 revolt against the Vienna academy, Gustav Klimt, Kolo Moser, Josef Hoffmann, Otto Wagner and the other painters, architects and craftsmen belonging to the movement contributed to make of VER SACRUM probably the most brilliant publication in the country." (Jacket blurb). Scarce.;

Decorative Arts Vienna Secession