The bookplate or ex libris has put bread and butter on many an artist’s table, and over the course of time has developed into a flourishing art form all of its own. I don’t pretend to know very much about the history and development of ex libris, but seem to have acquired some anyway. I think this little group of Austrian, Czech and German bookplates of the Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) period are particularly charming. They come from the Vienna art revue Die Graphischen Künste, from the years 1911, 1912, and 1914. Maximilian Liebenwein (Austrian, 1869-1926) Ex libris Josef Kundrat Lithograph, 1910 Maximilian Liebenwein Ex libris Karl Stark Lithograph, 1910 Maximilian Liebenwein Ex libris der Verbindung von Wiener Kunstakademikern “Athenaia” Lithograph, 1910 Alfred Cossmann (Austrian, 1870-1951) Ex libris Arthur Graf Etching, c.1912 Alfred Cossman Ex libris Franz J. Kaiser Etching. c.1912 Alois Kolb (Austrian, 1875-1942) Ex libris Gertrud Kolb Etching, c.1914 Rudolf Junk (Austrian, 1880-1943) Ex libris Rudolf Junk Lithograph, c.1914 Arnošt Hofbauer (Czech, 1869-1944) Ex libris Leopold Heyrovsky Lithograph, c.1914 Emil Orlik (Czech, 1870-1932) Ex libris Martha Poensgen Lithograph, c.1914 Martha Hofrichter (Czech, 1872-1960) Ex libris Anna Boeck Lithograph, c.1914 Otokar Štáfl (Czech, 1884-1947) Ex libris Otokar Štáfl Lithograph, c.1914 Felix Hollenberg (German, 1868-1945) Ex libris Albert Gussmann Etching, c.1914 Julius Diez (German, 1870-1957) Ex libris Toni Stadler Lithograph, c.1914
