JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

Lot 108
11.12.2024 14:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 108 | JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 15 000
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
'Aufsatz' Centerpiece, circa 1925
executed by the Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, Austria
hammered brass
7 3/8 x 11 ¾ x 7 3/8 in. (18.5 x 30 x 18.5 cm)
stamped WIENER WERKSTATTE MADE IN AUSTRIA and with artist's monogram JH




Literature

R. Papini, "Le arti a Parigi nel 1925 - Terzo : I metalli," Architettura e Arti Decorative, Rome-Milan, 1926, no. 1, p. 23
D. Baroni and A. D'Auria, Josef Hoffman e la Wiener Werkstätte, Milan, 1981, p. 138
W. J. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstaette: Kunst und Handwerk 1903-1932, Vienna, 1982, p. 70
Wiener Werkstätte, Atelier Viennois, exh. cat., Galerie CGER, Brussels, 1987, p. 234
P. Noever and O. Oberhuber, Josef Hoffmann, Ornament zwischen Hoffnung und Verbrechen, Vienna, 1987, pp. 137, 145
Josef Hoffmann, Designs, exh. cat., MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, 1992, p. 110, fig. 157; p. 172, fig. 268
Die Wiener Werkstätte 1903-1928. Modernes Kunstgewerbe und sein Weg, Munich, 1994, n.p.
G. Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstaette 1903-1932, Cologne, 1995, p. 165
Vienna 1900-1930, Art in the Home, exh. cat., Historical Design Inc., New York, 1997, p. 66
C. Brandstätter, Wiener Werkstätte, Design in Vienna 1903-1932, New York, 2003, p. 297
Yearning for Beauty. The Wiener Werkstätte and the Stoclet House, exh. cat., Center for Fine Arts, Brussels, 2006, p. 330
C. Witt-Dörring and J. Staggs, Wiener Werkstätte 1903-1932: the luxury of beauty, exh. cat., Prestel Neue Galerie, Munich-New York, 2017, p. 179



Further details

This model was exhibited at the Exposition Internationale des Art Décoratifs, Paris, 1925.

This model can be found in the permanent collection of the MAK - Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (inv. no. GO 1987).
The preparatory drawing for this model can be found in the permanent collection of the MAK - Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (inv. no. KI 12059-9).
A photograph of this model can be found in the permanent collection of the MAK - Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (inv. no. WWF 114-6-2).
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