Hatpin Ballad (Hutnadelballade)
Medium
Color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 9/16 in. (14 × 9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Museum Accession, transferred from the Library
Accession Number
WW.360
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Hatpin Ballad (Hutnadelballade)**, a witty color lithograph by Moriz Jung of the Wiener Werkstätte dates to 1911 and captures the playful satire of early 20th-century Viennese design. Produced during the height of the Wiener Werkstätte's influence—a collective blending Art Nouveau elegance with modernist precision—this small print (just 5½ × 3⅝ inches) exemplifies the group's innovative approach to graphics. Jung, a skilled illustrator, skewers the era's extravagant women's fashion, particularly the towering hats adorned with sharp, eye-poking hatpins that became a public hazard. The color ...
About the Artist
Moriz Jung|Wiener Werkstätte · 1885–1915
Austrian (born Czechoslovakia) Moravia 1885–1915 Manilowa (Carpathians)|