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Josef Hoffmann

Pair of Eight-Arm Candelabras

Auction Closed

April 21, 06:04 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Josef Hoffmann

Pair of Eight-Arm Candelabras


Executed circa 1925.

produced by the Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, Austria

hand-wrought silvered brass

each monogrammed JH and impressed WIENER/WERK/STÄTTE/MADE/IN/AUSTRIA

8 in. (20.3 cm.) high each

11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm.) diameter each

Historical Design, New York
Wolf Family Collection No. 1229 (acquired from the above, January 24, 2005)
"Tradition und Pietät," Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, October 1926, p. 69
"Austellung: Die Neuzeitliche Wohnung, Wien 1928," Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. 62, 1928, pp. 310 and 319
Die Wiener Werkstätte, 1903 - 1928: Modernes Kunstgewerbe und sein Weg, Vienna, 1929, reprinted, Munich, 1994, n.p.
Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., Decorative Arts 20s, Cologne, 2000, p. 542