Candle Holder, model no. M 0194, 1904

Details

JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Candle Holder, model no. M 0194, 1904
hammered silvered metal
6 3⁄4 in. (17,5 cm) high, 5 1⁄4 in. (13,5 cm) diameter
impressed with rose mark, Wiener Werkstätte's mark WW, and artist's monogram JH

Provenance

Private Collection, Paris
Un appartement Quai d'Orsay décoré par Jansen, Christie's, Paris, 6 October 2015, lot 303
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

M. Huey, Viennese Silver, Modern Design 1780-1918, exh. cat., Neue Galerie, New York, 2003, p. 202 (for a related model)
C. Witt-Dörring, J. Staggs, Wiener Werkstätte 1903-1932, The Luxury of Beauty, exh. cat., Neue Galerie, New York, 2017, p. 111 (for a related model)

Special notice

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Sale room notice

Please note that the correct material is silvered metal and not as stated in the catalogue.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

This model is referenced in the Archives of the Wiener Werkstätte, in the collection of the Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, inventory numbers WWF 97-7-10 and WWMB-7-M-194.

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