Lot No. 3 +


Fountain, designed by Otto Prutscher,


Fountain, designed by Otto Prutscher, - Design

1909, manufactured by Michael Powolny for the Wienerberger Keramikwerkstätten, stoneware, ochre-coloured figure holding a bowl in its outstretched hand, on a three-part cascade coming from a ribbed basin, height ca. 230 cm, diameter ca. 78 cm, weight ca.150-200 kg. (MHA)

With extensive expertise from Maria Emberger of the 2006 Austrian Federal Monuments Office, where the special significance of the fountain is represented.

Lit.: Karl Maria Grimme, Gärten von Albert Esch, Vienna, Leipzig 1931, p. 29 - Elisabeth Frottier, Michael Powolny, Keramik und Glas aus Wien 1900 bis 1950, Monografie und Werkverzeichnis, Vienna, Cologne 1990 n, 237 - Waltraud Neuwirth, Österreichische Keramik des Jugendstils, Vienna 1974 p. 290.

Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242

Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at

03.11.2016 - 17:00

Estimate:
EUR 40,000.- to EUR 65,000.-

Fountain, designed by Otto Prutscher,


1909, manufactured by Michael Powolny for the Wienerberger Keramikwerkstätten, stoneware, ochre-coloured figure holding a bowl in its outstretched hand, on a three-part cascade coming from a ribbed basin, height ca. 230 cm, diameter ca. 78 cm, weight ca.150-200 kg. (MHA)

With extensive expertise from Maria Emberger of the 2006 Austrian Federal Monuments Office, where the special significance of the fountain is represented.

Lit.: Karl Maria Grimme, Gärten von Albert Esch, Vienna, Leipzig 1931, p. 29 - Elisabeth Frottier, Michael Powolny, Keramik und Glas aus Wien 1900 bis 1950, Monografie und Werkverzeichnis, Vienna, Cologne 1990 n, 237 - Waltraud Neuwirth, Österreichische Keramik des Jugendstils, Vienna 1974 p. 290.

Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242

Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Design
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 03.11.2016 - 17:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 27.10. - 03.11.2016

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