Viennese Cafe The Chess Players (1911) — Moriz Jung, framed

Moriz Jung's 1911 postcard design for the Wiener Werkstätte, taken from Wikimedia Commons CC0 scan, framed and ready to hang.

The Chess Players shows two figures bent over their game, the composition organized around the board's geometry. Jung simplifies the figures to silhouettes, letting their action describe the scene. The Werkstätte postcards were collected obsessively by Viennese culture enthusiasts — they understood that a postcard could be art, that limitation of format was an invitation to greater refinement.

This is reproduced from a Wikimedia Commons CC0 archive scan at full resolution, printed on archival fine art paper and framed in solid wood.

THE PRINT

• 28×43 cm / XL 11×17", 30×45 cm / 12×18", 40×60 cm / 16×24", or 60×90 cm / 24×36" in your choice of 4 solid wood frame colours, portrait orientation
• Archival giclée on 200gsm Enhanced Matte fine art paper, mounted under shatterproof acrylic glazing
• Printed and framed to order by our accredited partner

THE WORK

• Artist: Moriz Jung (1885–1915)
• Year: 1911
• Collection: Wiener Werkstätte (workshop)
• Source: Wikimedia Commons · CC0 archive scan

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