Simplicissimus (Volumes I–XXV)
Volume I, no. 1 to Vol. XXV, no. 26, in 37 bound volumes. This satirical illustrated weekly periodical was established in Munich in 1896 by Albert Langen and Thomas Theodor Heine. It ran initially from 1896 to 1944 and publication was suspended 1944 to 1954, after which point it was revived and published until 1967. Includes lithographic illustrations by Heine, J. B. Engl, Ferdinand von Reznicek, and others.
Artwork Details
- Title: Simplicissimus (Volumes I–XXV)
- Editor: Albert Langen (German (born Belgium), Antwerp 1869–1909 Munich)
- Artist: Thomas Theodor Heine (German, Leipzig 1867–1948 Stockholm)
- Artist: Ferdinand von Reznicek (Austrian, Vienna 1868–1909 Munich)
- Artist: Josef Benedikt Engl (German (born Austria), Salzburg 1867–1907 Munich)
- Publisher: Albert Langen Verlag
- Date: 1896–1920
- Medium: Periodical with lithographs
- Dimensions: each: 15 3/8 × 11 13/16 × 1 in. (39 × 30 × 2.5 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Periodicals
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1964
- Object Number: 64.651(1–37)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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