Lot No. 9


Josef Hoffmann, a cigarette case, designed in 1920, executed by the Wiener Werkstätte, c. 1922


Josef Hoffmann, a cigarette case, designed in 1920, executed by the Wiener Werkstätte, c. 1922 - Jugendstil and 20th Century Arts and Crafts

silver, with gilt interior, chased, with relief, hammered decoration; gemstone; inside on each side two elongated eyelets for the attachment of rubber bands (these are no longer present): on the interior marked WW, Made in Austria, monogram JH, 900 and silver purity hallmark hoopoe (silver hallmark as of 2.5.1922); length 7.7 cm, width 7 cm, height 1.4 cm (MP)

Literature:
MAK, Vienna, Wiener Werkstätte Archive, inventory no.: KI 12078-40; sale catalogue of the Wiener Werkstätte 1928, p. 501, S tz 3 (with illustration and copy of the written sketch by the Wiener Werkstätte); Wiener Werkstätte, Modernes Kunstgewerbe und sein Weg 1929, n. p.

Photo: ©MAK

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A. Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383

magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at

30.05.2018 - 15:00

Realized price: **
EUR 5,000.-
Estimate:
EUR 4,000.- to EUR 6,000.-

Josef Hoffmann, a cigarette case, designed in 1920, executed by the Wiener Werkstätte, c. 1922


silver, with gilt interior, chased, with relief, hammered decoration; gemstone; inside on each side two elongated eyelets for the attachment of rubber bands (these are no longer present): on the interior marked WW, Made in Austria, monogram JH, 900 and silver purity hallmark hoopoe (silver hallmark as of 2.5.1922); length 7.7 cm, width 7 cm, height 1.4 cm (MP)

Literature:
MAK, Vienna, Wiener Werkstätte Archive, inventory no.: KI 12078-40; sale catalogue of the Wiener Werkstätte 1928, p. 501, S tz 3 (with illustration and copy of the written sketch by the Wiener Werkstätte); Wiener Werkstätte, Modernes Kunstgewerbe und sein Weg 1929, n. p.

Photo: ©MAK

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A. Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383

magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Jugendstil and 20th Century Arts and Crafts
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 30.05.2018 - 15:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 25.05. - 30.05.2018


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