ID 1357027
Lot 107 | JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
'Brotkorb' (Breadbasket), model S4453, circa 1922
executed by the Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, Austria
silver
4 ¼ in. (11 cm) high, 10 1/8 in. (25.5 cm) diameter
stamped with artist's monogram JH, and Wiener Werkstätte monogram WW, WIENER WERKSTÄTTE double struck, with the Rose registered trademark, Austrian control mark for Vienna, and with silver purity mark 900
29 oz. 1 dwt. (904 gr.)
Literature
R. Papini, "Le arti a Parigi nel 1925 - Terzo : I metalli," Architettura e Arti Decorative, Rome-Milan, 1926, no. 1, p. 20
D. Baroni and A. D'Auria, Josef Hoffman e la Wiener Werkstätte, Milan, 1981, p. 138
Further details
The preparatory drawing for this model can be found in the permanent collection of the MAK - Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (inv. no. KI 12004-18).
Last image: A period photograph of the present model. MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (inv. no. WWF 116-25-2).
Photo: © MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna.
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