Josef Hoffmann - Design Day Sale London Wednesday, April 27, 2016 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Paul and Stefan Asenbaum, Vienna

  • Literature

    Maria F. Rich, Vienna 1900–1930: Art in the Home, exh. cat., Historical Design Inc., New York, 1996, p. 33
    Renée Price, ed., New Worlds: German and Austrian Art 1890-1940, New York, 2001, p. 432, p. 464, cat. III.25
    Michael Huey, ed., Viennese silver: Modern Design 1780-1918, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2003, p. 323, no. 176
    Jill Lloyd and Christian Witt-Dörring, eds., Birth of the Modern, Style and Identity in Vienna 1900, Vienna, 2011, p. 108, no. 32, p. 278, no. 32

  • Catalogue Essay

    Josef Hoffmann's preparatory drawing for the present lot is registered at the MAK, Vienna as inventory number KI 12033-42.

Σ117

'Körbchen' basket, model no. S 509

1905
Precious metal, ivory.
16.1 x 20.1 x 16 cm (6 3/8 x 7 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Executed by the Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, Austria. From the production of 29. Side marked with the rose mark, WW, artist's monogram JH and Austrian assay mark.

Estimate
£25,000 - 35,000 

Contact Specialist
Madalena Horta e Costa
Head of Sale
+44 20 7318 4019

Design Day Sale

London Auction 28 April 2016