JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

AN UNIQUE EBONIZED MAPLE AND MARBLE TABLE, 1904

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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
An Unique Ebonized Maple and Marble Table, 1904
executed by the Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna
19 5/8 in. (42.2 cm.) high, 23 5/8 in. (60 cm.) wide, 23 5/8 in. (60 cm.) deep

Provenance

Carl Moll, Vienna.
with Asenbaum, Vienna.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, 1996, p. 31.
Exhibition catalogue, Traum und Wirklichkeit: Wien 1870-1930, Vienna, Künstlerhaus, 1985, p. 409 for an illustration of this table. D. Baroni and A. D'Auria, Josef Hoffmann et La Wiener Werkstätte, Milan, 1981, p. 57 for an illustration of this model. Exhibition catalgoue, Moderne Vergangenheit Wien 1800-1900, Vienna Kunstlerhaus, 1981, p.283 for an illustration of this table. Darmstadt: Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst, 1901-1976 vol. 2, Mathildenhohe, 1976, p.50, ill. 60 for an illustration of this table.

Exhibited

New York, Historical Design, Vienna 1900-1930: Art in the Home, 1996.
Vienna, Künstlerhaus, Traum und Wirklichkeit: Wien 1870-1930, March-October 1985.
Vienna, Künstlerhaus, Moderne Vergangenheit Wien 1800-1900, 1981. Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum Kunsthalle, Darmstadt: Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst, 1901-1976, 1976.

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Lot Essay

In 1901 Josef Hoffmann designed the Villa Moll as well as its furnishings for the successful painter Carl Moll (1861-1945). This elegant hexagonal table was in Moll's first Vienna residence (Steinfeldgasse 8) and then in 1907 transfered to his second villa (Wollergasse 10), also designed by Hoffmann. This table is a unique early example of Hoffmann's furniture.

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