Lot 86
Lot 86
An Enquiring Eye: Property from a Distinguished Private Collector
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

Wastebasket, circa 1908

Price Realised USD 6,875
Estimate
USD 3,000 - USD 5,000
Closed: 2 Jun 2020
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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

Wastebasket, circa 1908

Price Realised USD 6,875
Closed: 2 Jun 2020
Price Realised USD 6,875
Closed: 2 Jun 2020
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executed by the Wiener Werkstätte, Austria
painted steel
19 in. (48 cm) high; 1212 in. (32 cm) diameter
Provenance
Stonborough-Wittgenstein Collection, Vienna
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988
Literature
P. Asenbaum, S. Asenbaum, C. Witt-Dörring, Moderne Vergangenheit, Wien 1800-1900, Vienna, 1981, p. 314, fig. 252
C. Brandstätter, W.J. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstätte, Kunst und Handwerk 1903-1932, Vienna, 2003, p. 28 for a period image
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