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)
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
"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
