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A CENTREPIECE, DESIGNED 1924
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JOSEF HOFFMANN 1870-1956
A CENTREPIECE, DESIGNED 1924
executed by the Wiener Werkstätte, hammered brass
7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) high; 11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) wide
stamped JH, WIENER WERKSTATTE, MADE IN AUSTRIA
A CENTREPIECE, DESIGNED 1924
executed by the Wiener Werkstätte, hammered brass
7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) high; 11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) wide
stamped JH, WIENER WERKSTATTE, MADE IN AUSTRIA
Literature
Other examples illustrated:
P. Noever (ed.), Josef Hoffmann Designs, Munich, 1992, p. 110, fig. 157 (drawing), p. 172, fig. 268 (another example), both held in the permanent collection of the MAK, Vienna;
G. Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstaette 1903-1932, Cologne, 1994, p. 165;
Der Preis Der Schönheit - 100 Jahre Wiener Werkstätte, MAK, Vienna, 10 December 2003 - 7 March 2004, p. 346.
P. Noever (ed.), Josef Hoffmann Designs, Munich, 1992, p. 110, fig. 157 (drawing), p. 172, fig. 268 (another example), both held in the permanent collection of the MAK, Vienna;
G. Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstaette 1903-1932, Cologne, 1994, p. 165;
Der Preis Der Schönheit - 100 Jahre Wiener Werkstätte, MAK, Vienna, 10 December 2003 - 7 March 2004, p. 346.
Special notice
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