Josef Hoffmann - Design New York Wednesday, December 9, 2020 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Collection of the artist
    Thence by descent
    Private collection, Vienna
    Dorotheum, Vienna, "Design," November 24, 2009, lot 9
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life, exh. cat., Tate Liverpool, 2008, illustrated fig. 175

  • Catalogue Essay

    Phillips would like to thank Dr. Christian Witt-Dörring for his assistance cataloguing the present lot.

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Portfolio, from the collection of Gustav Klimt

circa 1905
Gold leaf-covered paper board, linen-covered paper board.
24 3/8 x 16 3/4 x 2 in. (62 x 42.5 x 5.2 cm)
37 3/4 x 40 3/4 x 1/8 in. (96 x 103.5 x .4 cm) fully extended

Executed by the Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, Austria. Cover embossed with artist's monogram and interior impressed WIENER/WERK/STATTE.

Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000 

Sold for $60,480

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New York Auction 9 December 2020