Lot 55
Lot 55
Property from a Prestigious Private Collection
ADOLF LOOS (1870-1933)

'Elephant Trunk' Table, circa 1902

Price Realised USD 21,420
Estimate
USD 12,000 - USD 18,000
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ADOLF LOOS (1870-1933)

'Elephant Trunk' Table, circa 1902

Price Realised USD 21,420
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Price Realised USD 21,420
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Details
probably executed by F.O. Schmidt, Vienna, Austria
mahogany, patinated bronze, glazed ceramic
2818 in. (71.5 cm) high, 3414 in. (87 cm) diameter
Provenance
Philippe Denys, Brussels
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1999
Literature
L. Buffet-Challié, Le Modern Style, Paris, 1975, p. 87, no. 1
B. Rukschcio and R. Schachel, La Vie et l'oeuvre de Adolf Loos, Brussels, 1982, p. 111
Adolf Loos 1870-1933, Raumplan, Wohnungsbau, exh. cat., Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 1983, p. 191
E. B. Ottilinger, Adolf Loos, Wohnkonzepte und Möbelentwürfe, Salzburg, 1994, pp. 47, 57
C. Thun-Hohenstein, M. Boeckl and C. Witt-Dörring, Ways to modernism, Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos, and their impact, Basel, 2015, p. 147
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