Moriz Jung’s Bloodless Giraffe Hunt is a wonderfully absurd vision of early aviation, depicting a group of giraffes being pursued from above by an improbable open-cockpit aircraft. One hunter appears to be using a large shepherd’s hook rather than a rifle, turning the supposed “hunt” into a deliberately ridiculous spectacle. Jung’s bold black outlines, flat areas of brilliant blue, yellow, green, and white, and simplified animal forms give the image the lively graphic quality characteristic of his Wiener Werkstatte illustrations.
Created in 1911, the work belongs to Jung’s celebrated series of satirical postcards inspired by the rapidly developing world of aviation. The Metropolitan Museum of Art notes that Jung based many of the aircraft in these designs on real contemporary machines, transforming the technological excitement surrounding early flight into humorous and fantastical scenarios. Published by the Wiener Werkstatte as postcard no. 339, Bloodless Giraffe Hunt combines caricature, animal imagery, aviation, and bold modernist graphic design in one wonderfully eccentric composition.
🖨️ Print features:
– Made with museum-grade archival paper for excellent printing fidelity and vibrant color reproduction
– Paper weight: 189 g/m2
– For indoor use only
– Care instructions: If the print does gather any dust, you may wipe it off gently with a clean, dry cloth.
– Please note: Due to the production process of these posters, please allow for slight size deviations with a tolerance +/- 1/16″
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