About This Artwork

Designed by Koloman Moser
Austrian, 1868–1918
Produced by Johan Backhausen und Söhne
Austria, Vienna

Panel Entitled "Poppyheads" (Mohnköpfe), 1900

Silk, wild silk, and cotton, satin weave self-patterned by ground weft floats
182.9 x 113 cm (72 x 44 1/2 in.)
Repeat: 45.5 x 29.8 cm (17 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
Restricted gift of Mrs. Julian Armstrong, Jr., 1986.963

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Gift, Bequest and Purchase: A Selection of Textile Acquisitions from 1982–1987," March 18–August 14, 1989

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Designed by the Yard: 20th Century Pattern Repeats," February 28, 1990–June 25, 1990

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Austrian and German Textiles: 1900-1930 from the Permanent Collection," June 5–September 6, 1993

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Textile Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago's Collection," February 17–May 2, 1993

Publication History

Gronwoldt, Ruth. Art Nouveau Textil-Dekor um 1900 Katalog zur Ausstellung des W°rttembergischen Landesmuseums Stuttgart 10. Juli D 31. August 1980. Stuttgart: W°rttembergischen Landesmuseums, 1980. p. 177.

Varnedoe, Kirk. Vienna 1900 Art-Architecture & Design. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1986. P. 114.

The Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1986-87. P. 3 (Illus.)

Thurman, Christa C. Mayer. Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), Pp. 118-19, 124, 148.