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The angst-ridden pose and claustrophobic composition invite psychological interpretation, stemming from the couple’s unhappy marriage (she left him in 1905), Martha’s tendency toward depression, and the mental instability of Kurzweil himself, who committed suicide along with his student and lover, Helene Heger, in 1916.","remarks":"States of Health "},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"\r\nThe Austrian painter and printmaker Max Kurzweil became one of the founding members of the Vienna Secessionist movement in 1897. His decorative prints incorporated the influence of Impressionist artists like Édouard Vuillard and Pierre Bonnard, as visible here in the compressed planes of the background and the vibrant combination of patterns. <I>Der Polster</I> is Kurzweil’s most renowned work and depicts his wife, Martha, with her head buried in a cushion and her hand held in a strenuous gesture. While the hidden expression of the protagonist beckons the viewer to complete the scene, Kurzweil’s choice of this particular pose suggests a sense of despair and further instills the composition with a feeling of angst.</P></SPAN>","remarks":"K2 Corridor Going to Extremes: Physiognomy, Caricature, and Studies of Expression (October 2016); K2 Corridor: Revealing Interiors (April 2018)"}],"media":[{"id":999,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/x1982-501","isprimary":1,"rank":1,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Luna Digitization Project"}],"hasimage":"true","bibliography":[{"boilertext":"\"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1982\", <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 42, no. 1 (1983): p. 50-70.","citation":"\"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1982\", <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 42, no. 1 (1983): p. 50-70., p. 56, p. 59 (illus.)","date":1983,"id":3149,"uri":"https://www.jstor.org/stable/3774638"}],"exhibitions":[{"exhibitionid":3617,"citation":"States of Health: Visualizing Illness and Healing (November 2, 2019 –Sunday, February 2, 2020)","isvirtual":true,"begindate":"2019-11-02","enddate":"2020-02-02","uri":"https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/exhibitions/3617"}],"geography":[{"displaygeography":"Place made: Europe, Austria, Vienna","code":"Place made","continent":"Europe","subcontinent":null,"country":"Austria","region":null,"state":null,"city":"Vienna","county":null,"subregion":null,"locale":null,"locus":null,"river":null,"excavation":null,"geoname":"http://www.geonames.org/2761367/wien.html","location":{"lat":"","lon":""}}],"terms":[{"id":2054256,"term":"prints","aatid":300041273,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2088280,"term":"women","aatid":300025943,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2055657,"term":"figures (representations)","aatid":300189808,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2067519,"term":"couches","aatid":300038583,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2072341,"term":"cushions","aatid":300236073,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2031563,"term":"European","aatid":300020656,"termtype":"Culture"},{"id":2054723,"term":"woodcuts","aatid":300041405,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2031576,"term":"Austrian","aatid":300111153,"termtype":"Culture"},{"id":2167714,"term":"printing ink","aatid":300187371,"termtype":"Materials"},{"id":2155120,"term":"woodcut (process)","aatid":300053296,"termtype":"Techniques"}],"classifications":[{"id":2054256,"classification":"prints"},{"id":2054723,"classification":"woodcuts"}],"cultures":[],"cultureterms":[{"id":2031563,"culture":"European"},{"id":2031576,"culture":"Austrian"}],"periods":[],"periodterms":[],"attribute_groups":[{"id":2199321,"term":"European Art","termtype":"Collecting Area"},{"id":2199327,"term":"Prints and Drawings","termtype":"Collecting Area"}],"dimensionelements":[{"element":"sheet","type":"Height","units":"centimeters","dimension":"39.20"},{"element":"sheet","type":"Width","units":"centimeters","dimension":"30.50"},{"element":"block","type":"Width","units":"centimeters","dimension":"25.90"},{"element":"block","type":"Height","units":"centimeters","dimension":"28.50"}],"packages":[{"packageid":184840,"name":"web_SOH_2"},{"packageid":194314,"name":"PUAM_States of Health"},{"packageid":89549,"name":"web_2016_K2_October"},{"packageid":134982,"name":"web_2018_K2_Interiors_Install_April"},{"packageid":207234,"name":"SAB_Gala2021"}],"primaryimage":["https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/x1982-501"],"displaymaker":"Max Kurzweil, Austrian, 1867–1916 | Published by Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst, Austrian, 1871–1934","displayculture":null,"displayperiod":null,"caption":"Max Kurzweil (Austrian, 1867–1916), Published by Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst (Austrian, 1871–1934), The Cushion (Der Polster), 1903. 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