JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

Lot 436
09.12.2022 11:00UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 5 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 881778
Lot 436 | JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 7 000
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

Group of Four Cases and a Portfolio, circa 1910-20

executed by the Wiener Werkstätte

?embossed and parcel-gilt leather

largest:

13 3/4 x 10 3/4 x 1/4 in. (35 x 27 1/2 x 1 cm) (folded)

13 3/4 x 21 5/8 x 1/4 in. (35 x 55 x 1 cm) (unfolded)

each impressed WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, one case additionally impressed with artist's monogram and additional monogram, portfolio impressed with a star





Literature

W. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstatte Kunst und Handwerk 1903-1932, Vienna, 1982, p. 230

W. Neuwirth, Wiener Werkstatte, Avantgarde, Art Deco, Industrial Design, Vienna, 1984, p. 111, no. 75 (for a related example)

W. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstatte Design in Vienna, New York, 1985, p. 230

C. Schorske, R. Waissenberger et al., Traum und Wirklichkeit Wien 1870-1930, exh. cat., Sonderausstellung des Historischen Museums der Stadt Wien, Vienna, March- October 1985, p. 386 (for a related example)

P. Noever, O. Oberhuber, Josef Hoffmann 1870-1956: Ornament Zwischen Hoffnung und Verbrechen, Vienna, 1987, pp. 308-309 (for related examples)

C. Brandstatter, Wiener Werkstatte Design in Vienna 1903-1932, New York, 2003, pp. 361, 364-365 (for related examples)

C. Witt-Dörring, J. Staggs,The Luxury of Beauty, exh cat., Neue Galerie, New York, 2017, pp. 204-205
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