Lot 87
Lot 87
An Enquiring Eye: Property from a Distinguished Private Collector
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

Two Flower Baskets, model no. M 0614, circa 1906

Price Realised USD 3,250
Estimate
USD 6,000 - USD 8,000
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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

Two Flower Baskets, model no. M 0614, circa 1906

Price Realised USD 3,250
Price Realised USD 3,250
Details
executed by the Wiener Werkstätte, Austria
painted steel, clear glass
each: 1012 in. (26.7 cm) high
underside of one painted WIENER/WERK/STÄTTE
Literature
P. Asenbaum, S. Asenbaum, C. Witt-Dörring, Moderne Vergangenheit, Wien 1800-1900, Vienna, 1981, p. 313, fig. 247 for the model in silver
C. Brandstätter, W.J. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstätte, Kunst und Handwerk 1903-1932, Vienna, 1982, p. 61
Josef Hoffmann, Design Classics, exh. cat., The Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, 1983, fig. 40 for the model in silver
Wien um 1900, Klimt, Schiele und ihre Zeit, exh. cat., Sezon Museum of Art, Karuizawa, 1989, p. 285, fig. 259 for the model in silver
R. Price, New Worlds, German And Austrian Art 1890-1940, exh. cat., Neue Galerie, New York, 2002, p. 430 for the model in silver
M. Huey, Viennese Silver, Modern Design 1780-1918, exh. cat., Neue Galerie, New York, 2003, p. 315, fig. 171 for the model in silver
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This model is registered in the Wiener Werkstätte Archive, MAK, Vienna, under inventory numbers WWF 97-29-4 and WWMB-30-M-614.
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