See also: Achim von Arnim (1781-1831). “Aus des Knaben Wunderhorn” (From the Young Boy’s Magic Horn) / [Achim von Arnim ; Clemens Brentano.] Bilder v. Berthold Löffler. Texte gesichtet v. Hans Fraungruber (Wien: Gerlach & Wiedling, [1902]). Cotsen Children’s Library (CTSN) Euro 20 901

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The Graphic Arts Collection holds a dozen postcards, both printed and hand drawn, collected by the Austrian artist and architect Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956). Some of the cards are dated 1895 or 1896, a time when Hoffmann has completed his studies under Otto Wagner at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste and joins Wagner’s architectural firm in Vienna.

The following year, in April 1897, inspired by the artists of the Glasgow School, Hoffmann is a founding member of the Vienna Secession along with Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Max Kurzweil, Wilhelm Bernatzik, and others.

See also Marquand’s complete set of Ver sacrum: Organ der Vereinigung Bildener Künstler Österreichs (Wien: Verlag Gerlach & Schenk, 1898-1903). Marquand Library (SAX): Rare Books Oversize N6494.W5 V47q

The Graphic Arts Collection holds two Wayang Kulit, or Indonesian shadow puppets, thanks to the gift of Professor Robert Koch. They came with a small label that reads:

“A pair of Balinese shadow puppets, probably 20th century, with articulated arms, are part of a tradition of Oriental shadow theatres which began as illustrations to narration. The technique uses flat figures of a non-transparent or semi-transparent material to reflect stylized shadows against a screen; these are then moved to music or chant. The entertainment is a common diversion for the eve of a wedding.”

The Princeton Alumni Weekly posted this remembrance of Mr. Koch in 2012.

Robert Koch, professor emeritus of art at Princeton, died Nov. 10, 2011, after a lengthy illness. He was 91. In 1940 and 1942, Koch earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of North Carolina. After Army service from 1942 to 1946, he earned an M.F.A. in 1949 and in 1954 a Ph.D. in art from Princeton. His career started at Princeton in 1948 as a teaching assistant, and in 1949 he became an instructor and assistant director of Princeton University Art Museum.

Koch was appointed an assistant professor of art in 1955 and in 1966 was promoted to full professor. He remained as assistant director of the art museum until 1962, and then was faculty curator of prints. He retired as professor emeritus in 1990. A scholar of Northern Renaissance art, Koch received a Fulbright grant in 1956 for study in Belgium, and in 1961 won a grant from the American Council of Learned Societies. He authored several books.

As described in PAW’s June 2, 2010, article “When Art Historians Went to War,” more than a dozen Princetonians helped locate and return Nazi-confiscated art works for the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Service. Koch was one of these “Monuments Men,” the last surviving Princetonian among them.

Arthur Allen Lewis (1873-1957) Alfred Stieglitz’s Bookplate, 2 copies, no date [1913]. Color woodcut. Graphic Arts Collection GA 2007.01676

Although 291, Alfred Stieglitz’s New York Gallery, is primarily remembered for its photography shows, Stieglitz also showed prints and drawings. 291’s third exhibit of prints featured the work of Allen Lewis (1873-1957), which was also the artist’s first one-man show. The catalogue lists 43 drypoints, etchings, and bookplates with a commentary by Paul Haviland, who had introduced Lewis to Stieglitz. The text is also included in CameraWork: Paul B. Haviland, “Etchings by Allen Lewis,” CameraWork no. 27 (July 1909): 27.

According to Christian Peterson, “In 1913, Stieglitz commissioned Lewis to design not only a bookplate for him, which ended up being one of his most elaborate (utilizing ten separate printing blocks), but also Stieglitz’s collection label. The latter featured stylized lettering in a round-corned box and was affixed to many of the pictorial photographs that Stieglitz acquired over the years.”

Arthur Allen Lewis (1873-1957), Collection of Alfred Stieglitz, no date [1913]. Color woodcut. Graphic Arts collection GA 2007.01726

The Graphic Arts Collection is fortunate to hold 27 prints and bookplates by Lewis, along with many of his illustrated books. These were collected by Elmer Adler, who also commissioned designs from Lewis.

Robert Nanteuil, 1623-1678. Philippe, Fils de France, Duc d’Orléans, 1671. Engraving on satin cloth. References: Gordon no. 63B; Dumesnil no. 208; Petitjean & Wickert no. 188. Graphic Arts Collection GA 2005.01154. Gift of John Douglas Gordon, Class of 1905.

The subject of Nanteuil’s engraving is Philippe, duc d’Orleans  (1640-1701), the son of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria. Philippe was 20 years old when he succeeded his uncle Gaston as Duke of Orléans and then, lived for the rest of his life in the shadow of his older brother, Louis XIV. Twice married, his son Philippe II d’Orléans became regent for Louis XV.

This rare impression on satin is known as a thesis print and accompanies the thesis text, seen below. Inscribed: “Unico Regis Fratri Questio Theologica, etc …” it is the thesis of Guillaume Henry Le Jay, who commissioned the printing of the portrait and the text.

To see another example of a thesis print, this time on paper, see Steve Ferguson’s post at: https://blogs.princeton.edu/rarebooks/2009/04/jesuit-thesis-print-douay-1753/

See also: Henri-Guillaume Le Jay. Mémoire pour Messire Henry Guillaume Le Jay, evesque et comte de Cahors, deffendeur… contre Messire Charles de Lorraine, comte de Marsan. No publisher or date.