Project Manager: Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel, Head of MAK Library and Works on Paper Collection/Archive; Scientific Appraisal of
the Publication: Anne-Katrin Rossberg; Scientific Appraisal of the Holdings: Aline Müller
Stretching over several years, the aim of this project is to reappraise and make public the extensive collection of ex libris,
playing and calling cards, papers, postcards, book jackets, promotional brochures, and poster stamps. With this collection,
the MAK confirms once more its role as a center of competence for Austrian graphic design. To date, all of the greeting cards
from the Biedermeier period, invitation cards and postcards, colored papers, the world-renowned ex libris collection of the
publisher Artur Wolf, as well as the fashion plates from the 18th and 19th centuries have been scientifically analyzed. The
holdings will eventually be accessible on the “MAK Collection online” website. Furthermore, a comprehensive publication
is in preparation, which will not only show the highlights of the collection, but also hopes to do justice to the unknown,
often anonymous examples of this ephemeral art.
Project Manager: Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel, Head of MAK Library and Works on Paper Collection/Archive Scientific Appraisal of the Publication: Anne-Katrin Rossberg Scientific Appraisal of the Holdings: Aline Müller
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Library and Works on Paper Collection
Head: Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel
The MAK Library and Works on Paper Collection is one of the largest and oldest museum libraries with a focus on applied art.
Alongside classic library functions, the collection is also devoted to artistic aspects of the pictorial in all possible variants
as well as to the initiation of a reappraisal of art production manifested in paper form.
