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JOSEF HOFFMANN
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JOSEF HOFFMANN

AUFSATZ CENTREPIECE, CIRCA 1922

Details
JOSEF HOFFMANN
AUFSATZ CENTREPIECE, CIRCA 1922
hammered brass
7 in. (18 cm.) high, 12 in. (30 cm.) wide
impressed marks WIENER WERKSTÄTTE and MADE IN AUSTRIA with the designer's monogram
Literature
Gabriele Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstätte, Cologne, 1994, p. 165 (design illustrated).
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The centrepiece was executed in three different metals: brass, alpaca and silver. The brass example may be the earliest version, produced from 1925 to 1931. The Wiener Werkstätte price list of August 1928 cites the brass model on page 405 at a cost of 105 schilling (18.75 USD). The model was exhibited at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1925.

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