Lot 66
Lot 66
AN ENQUIRING EYE: PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTOR
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

Cabinet, commissioned for the Apartment of Dr. Hermann Wittgenstein, Vienna, circa 1906

Price Realised USD 9,375
Estimate
USD 8,000 - USD 12,000
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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

Cabinet, commissioned for the Apartment of Dr. Hermann Wittgenstein, Vienna, circa 1906

Price Realised USD 9,375
Price Realised USD 9,375
  • Details
Details
painted wood
33 in. (84 cm.) high, 5212 in. (133.4 cm.) wide, 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
with one original key
Provenance
Dr. Hermann Wittgenstein, Vienna
Thence by descent to Friedrich Wittgenstein, Vienna
Herbert Asenbaum, Vienna
Günther Stefan Asenbaum
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1986
Literature
Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, April-September 1906, vol. XVII, pp. 454-460 for images of the Dr. Wittgenstein apartment in Vienna
T. Erben, Traum Und Wirklichkeit Wien, 1870-1930. exh. cat., Vienna, 1985, p. 411 for the present model
Exhibited
Traum Und Wirklichkeit Wien, 1870-1930, Museen der Stadt Wien, Vienna, 1985
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