Lot 71
Lot 71
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

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

Price Realised USD 5,040
Estimate
USD 6,000 - USD 8,000
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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

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

Price Realised USD 5,040
Price Realised USD 5,040
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painted wood
33 in. (84 cm.) high, 5212 in. (133.4 cm.) wide, 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
Provenance
Dr. Hermann Wittgenstein, Vienna
Thence by descent to Friedrich Wittgenstein, Vienna
Herbert Asenbaum, Vienna
Günther Stefan Asenbaum
Private Collection, 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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